French ancien

← Middle French ancien (inherited)

← Old French ancien (inherited)

← Old French ains (mention)

← Latin *anteanus (mention)

← Latin *antianu (mention)

← Latin ante (derived)

→ English Ancien Régime (mention)

→ English ancienty (mention)

→ Danish anciennitet (mention)

→ Spanish anciano (cognate)

→ French Ancien Régime (mention)

→ French ancien français (compound)

→ French ancienneté (suffix)

→ Ido anciena (borrowed)

→ Italian anziano (cognate)

→ Occitan ancian (cognate)

→ Romanian întâi (mention)