Ancient
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==Antonyms== | ==Antonyms== | ||
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* [[Ancient history]] | * [[Ancient history]] | ||
* [[Antique]] | * [[Antique]] | ||
* [[Antiquary]] | * [[Antiquary]] | ||
* [[Antiquity]] | * [[Antiquity]] | ||
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Ancient refers to something having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration, of great age, very old as in an ancient city; or; existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages, belonging to or associated with antiquity, old, as opposed to modern.
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Etymology
From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien (“old”), from Latin root *anteanus, from ante (“before”). Compare antique.
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