English
anile
Anile comes from Latin anīlis ‘of or pertaining to an old woman’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *anus.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anus‘old woman’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanus‘old woman’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanīlis‘of or pertaining to an old woman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1844anile
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anus‘old woman’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanus‘old woman’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanīlis‘of or pertaining to an old woman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1844anile
Earliest quotation: 1844, Sydney Smith, Wittman’s Travels: “Dr. Wittman, too, was passing over the same ground…”
Linked words
through Latin anus ‘old woman’
Today it means
adj Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *anus / anile