Etymology

anet

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Today it means: The herb dill; also dillseed. Full definition →

Middle English anet ← Middle French anet ← Latin anēthum
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  1. Latin · derived fromanēthum“dill; anise”
  2. Middle French · derived fromanet
  3. Middle English · inherited fromanet
  4. English todayanet

Inherited from Middle English anet, anete, annet, annete, from Middle French anet, from Latin anēthum (“dill; anise”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.