anys
Middle English
/aˈniːs/
noun
Definitions
- anise
- aniseed
- dill
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French anis derived from Latin anīsum derived from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (aniseed) derived from Egyptian jnst (possibly anise, a medicinal plant).
Origin
Egyptian
jnst
Gloss
possibly anise, a medicinal plant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anise English
- aniseed English
- anisic English
- anisum Latin
- anīsum Latin
- anice Italian
- anis French
- анис Russian
- ἂνισον Ancient Greek
- ἄνισον Ancient Greek
- ἄννησον Ancient Greek
- ἄνῑσον Ancient Greek
- anis Norwegian Bokmål
- anis Norwegian Nynorsk
- ainís Irish
- anis Danish
- أنيسون Arabic
- أَنِيسُون Arabic
- أَنْسُون, أنيسون Arabic
- anis Old French
- anis Serbo-Croatian
- анис Serbo-Croatian
- γλυκάνισο Greek (modern)
- anis Cebuano
- anis Middle Dutch
- anis Norman
- anīs Middle High German
- jnst Egyptian
- анис Macedonian
- անիսոն Middle Armenian