anisum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈniː.sum/, [äˈniːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈni.sum/, [äˈniːs̬um]

Noun

anīsum n (genitive anīsī); second declension

anise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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

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

Anagrams

animus

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