myEtymology.com: English etymology of antique

Etymology of the English word antique

the English word antique

derived from the French word antique

derived from the Latin word antiquus (men of old, ancients, early authorities; old, ancient, aged)

derived from the Latin word ante (before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ant-

derived from the Latin word Synthliboramphus

derived from the Greek word rhamphos, ῥάμϕος

derived from the Greek word sunthlibo, συνθλίβω (to compress; crowd on all sides)

The earliest known usage of antique in English dates from the 16th century.

Catalan antig, Dutch antiek, French antique, German antik, Italian antico, Latin antiquus, Norwegian antikk, Spanish antiguo, Swedish antik

Word found in Modern English