ançião
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ançiao, ançiano, anciano
Etymology
Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Documented from the thirteenth century.
Adjective
ançião
Noun
ançião
Descendants
- Portuguese: ancião
- Galician: ancián, auçião (archaic), anciao (central, eastern), anciam (reintegrationist), ancião (reintegrationist)
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ançião”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega