ancient

Senso (Inglese)

1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
2. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
3. Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
4. (obsolete) Experienced; versed.
5. (obsolete) Former; sometime.

old

🧓

very old

of long standing

centuries-old

belonging to the past

Old

old person

very heavy

long time ago

be old

century-old

Dark Ages

very expensive

yesterday’s

obsolete article

very early

grey-headed

of the past

not new

extremely old

preceding history

belonging to olden times

not young

mythical king of Persia

of times past

of an old type

anshent

antigue

doyen

from time immemorial

long-ago

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus, composed of Latin ante (“before”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). The non-etymological /t/ is by analogy with the common ending -ent.

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