anisum

Latin

Alternative forms

anēsum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson), from Egyptian jnst.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈniː.sũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈniː.s̬um]

Noun

anīsum n (genitive anīsī); second declension

anise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	anīsum	anīsa
genitive	anīsī	anīsōrum
dative	anīsō	anīsīs
accusative	anīsum	anīsa
ablative	anīsō	anīsīs
vocative	anīsum	anīsa

Descendants

Italian: anice
Old French: anis
- French: anis (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: anis
- → Middle Dutch: anis
  - Dutch: anijs
    - Afrikaans: anys
    - → Indonesian: anis
    - → Sranan Tongo: aneisi
- → Middle English: anys
  - English: anise
  - Scots: anis (obsolete)
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: anís
- Occitan: anís
Sardinian: anis

Borrowings

→ Danish: anis
→ Finnish: anis
→ Hungarian: ánizs
→ Irish: ainís
→ Japanese: アニス (anisu)
→ Macedonian: анис (anis)
→ Middle High German: anīs
- → Old Czech: anýž
  - Czech: anýz
  - → Old Polish: anyż
    - Polish: anyż
- German: Aneis, Anis
  - → Slovene: janež
- Luxembourgish: Anäis
→ Norwegian: anis
→ Russian: анис (anis)
→ Serbo-Croatian: anis / анис
→ Swedish: anis
→ Tatar: анис (anis), әнис (änis)

References

“ănīsum (ane- )”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ănīsum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

animus