Etymograph

English

ancientry

From ancient + -ry.

A compound of ancient + -ry

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘front’

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Latin ante ‘before’

Vulgar Latin *anteānus

Old French ancien

Middle English auncyen

English ancient

Today it means

noun The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ancientry