anent
English
/əˈnɛnt/
prep
Definitions
- (archaic) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as., apropos
- (obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of.
- (obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
- (obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English anent inherited from Old English onemn (by, near), on (on, a, in, or toward, at) + Old English enm pre from English even (evening).
Origin
English
even
Gloss
evening
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夕, 晩
Emoji
🌆
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- anon English
- asunder English
- even English
- even-minded English
- even-weave English
- evendown English
- evenest English
- evenfall English
- evenhood English
- evening English
- evenish English
- evenlight English
- evenlong English
- evenly English
- evenness English
- evensong English
- evenward English
- evenweave English
- fore English
- foreanent English
- noneven English
- there English
- thereanent English
- uneven English
- yestereve English
- yestereven English
- *ana Proto-Germanic
- *sunder Proto-Germanic
- enm Old English
- on Old English
- on ecnesse Old English
- onemn Old English
- ongemang Old English
- onmiddan Old English
- onweg Old English
- abak Middle English
- anent Middle English
- even Middle English
- on Middle English
- anent Scots