olden

Εννοια (English)

Adj

1. From or relating to a previous era.
2. Old; ancient.

Verb

To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.

Synonyms

ancient

old

🧓

past

former

departed

age

ex

get along

get old

gone

grow old

has-been

immemorial

inveterate

long-standing

mature

old-fashioned

passe

sometime

worn out

by gone

gone by

grow older

antique

bygone

dated

defunct

erstwhile

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈəʊl.dn̩/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: olden

In summary

From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”).