English
anility
Anility comes from Latin anīlitās ‘anility, the old age of a woman’, from Proto-Italic *ānos ‘ring’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eh₂nos‘ring’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ānos‘ring’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanus‘old woman, crone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanīlis‘anile, old-womanish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanīlitās‘anility, the old age of a woman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819anility
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eh₂nos‘ring’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ānos‘ring’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanus‘old woman, crone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanīlis‘anile, old-womanish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanīlitās‘anility, the old age of a woman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819anility
Earliest quotation: 1819, The Edinburgh Monthly Review: “We are then told of the basilisk killing by…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos ‘ring’
through Latin anus ‘old woman, crone’
Today it means
noun The condition of being anile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos / anility