antique English · revision 15397

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1530|origins=la ante}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌænˈtik/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|antique|t=old]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|antīquus|t=former, ancient, old]] (later [[m|la|antīcus]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|ante|t=before]] (see [[ante-]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from a PIE compound of [[ine-pro|*h₂énti|t=before, in front]] and a root meaning to see, literally looking forward.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As a noun, a relic of ancient art: 1530, in Palsgrave, in Barnhart and Merriam-Webster, the 1520s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) The adjective, aged or venerable, is from 1536,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and belonging to former times from 1541.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was originally pronounced in English like its doublet [[antic]], but the French pronunciation and spelling were adopted from about 1700.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Old-fashioned, antiquated, is from 1647 (not modern from the 1640s),^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and of the ancients of Greece and Rome from 1734.^(OED 1989) An old and collectible object is from 1771.^(Etymonline) The verb, to give something the look of an antique, is from 1884, and to shop for antiques is a later use.^(MWU 2024)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1530 – a relic of antiquity.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1536 – aged, venerable.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1641 – old-fashioned.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1700 – French pronunciation adopted.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1771 – a collectible object.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1884 – to antique (verb).^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An old object, such as furniture or a work of art, valued for its age, beauty or workmanship.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The style of ancient art, especially Greek or Roman.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Made in an earlier period and valued as such.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Belonging to ancient times, especially of Greece or Rome.^(AHD)

+ # Old-fashioned.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make something look old.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[antiquely]]

+ * [[antiqueness]]

+ * [[antiquer]]

+ * [[pseudoantique]]

+ * [[subantique]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ancient]]

+ * [[antic]]

+ * [[antiquarian]]

+ * [[antiquary]]

+ * [[antiquate]]

+ * [[antiquity]]

+ * [[verd antique]]

+ * [[antiquated]]

+ * [[ante-]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}