antiquyte

Middle English

Alternative forms

antyquyte, antiquite, antiquytee

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, borrowed itself from Latin antīquitās.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /anˌtikwiˈteː/, /anˈtikwiˌteː/

Noun

antiquyte (uncountable)

Antiquity; former ages or times.
The length of time an institution has existed for.
(rare) The quality of being old; senescence.

Descendants

English: antiquity, Antiquity

References

“antiquitẹ̄, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.

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