aunte

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ante, aunt, awnte, naunte === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aunte and continental Old French ante, from Latin amita. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈau̯nt(ə)/, /ˈant(ə)/ === Noun === aunte (plural auntes) aunt (sister of one's parents) Synonym: (early) moddrie ==== Descendants ==== English: aunt (see there for further descendants) Scots: aunt ==== References ==== “aunte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Noun === aunte oblique singular, f (oblique plural auntes, nominative singular aunte, nominative plural auntes) Late Anglo-Norman spelling of ante