aunte
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita.
Noun
aunte (plural auntes)
- aunt (sister of one's parents)
- Circa 1350, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale
- The senatores wife her aunte was
- Circa 1350, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale
Old French
Noun
aunte f (oblique plural auntes, nominative singular aunte, nominative plural auntes)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of ante
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