{"id":3500,"date":"2024-08-10T14:36:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T14:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2024-08-10T14:36:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T14:36:22","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-antique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3500","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Antique"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Antique\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-08-10T14:36:21+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M07S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology, we find out what links the word antique with words such as eye, window and Antigua.\n\n\n\nAntique [\u00e6n\u02c8ti\u02d0k] can mean:\n\n\nAn old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance (noun)\nHa...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/antique.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3581\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3500-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/antique.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/antique.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/antique.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/antique.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3500-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/antique.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"antique.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology, we find out what links the word <strong>antique<\/strong> with words such as <strong>eye<\/strong>, <strong>window<\/strong> and <strong>Antigua<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/100497095@N02\/44740455381\/in\/photolist-2baywDK-6w9qDt-2gCr9FD-7nU9TG-2mfeK1z-4RMnJb-bpg9rq-PW4Z1u-fSUdoT-F1pby-B4B5C3-8Y7xqk-7VRbLs-3q1h7y-f9rhut-2miHXW6-fAC9Tn-aiwV2i-5uuEoR-dNq5rf-bszbCN-fSUaNJ-fSVenE-4fjCgs-4zA3bj-6h9pN9-C4Y9w-97vkDP-7VN4dz-3q1s55-3q1zBN-5byjdD-5rDQAz-e4Fgkh-PQaAi4-5ELjgJ-5eSspA-9ag2Dv-b5Guhi-GpQ8hh-2oGaEfR-qGey-4N1xRM-2d4vZEL-4Jftxf-2mXEAWw-7UN9oF-9X658g-SFpgy1-273NRmR\" title=\"Antiques\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1896\/44740455381_010a30e236_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Antiques\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Antique<\/strong> [\u00e6n\u02c8ti\u02d0k] can mean:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance (<em>noun<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; out of date, old (<em>adjective<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>to search or shop for antiques; to make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way (<em>verb<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from French <strong>antique<\/strong> (ancient, old), from Latin <em>ant\u012bquus<\/em> (old, ancient, aged, classic, traditional) from Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2082\u00e9nti-h\u2083k\u02b7-o-s<\/em> (&#8220;facing the front, in front of the eye&#8221;), from <em>*h\u2082\u00e9nti<\/em> (opposite, near, in front, before) and <em>*h\u2083ek\u02b7-<\/em> (to see, eye) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/antique#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Latin root (<em>ant\u012bquus<\/em>) include <strong>antic<\/strong> in English, <strong>antik<\/strong> (ancient, antique) in German, and  <strong>antiguo<\/strong> (old, ancient, vintage) in Spanish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/antiquus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/138255190@N07\/23919486354\/in\/photolist-CrFBX9-2gbBVe2-7y6u7A-2pNqdsq-opfC8-onxBAR-64W7WX-EKxqmD-EKtLhD-7HjiXs-9vUQ3U-opfCh-7HfpYi-7HfxKp-7HfDBr-2kPMFeq-7Hfu76-dsGeCz-2mdSDDg-2ik1BGd-2CHqmC-2CHm43-qRk1LM-2CHmx5-dZVpp3-7HfF5X-2CD1xi-2kPPwSw-4Retkm-2jbMD1H-2pMA1x9-9cX3aL-GgGQ6C-2niSw25-2gbC9E2-4sseUR-eNvMDh-6d8C24-8odkhs-2ik1BLB-9vUZcC-2gbC8QS-csj1X3-aR37ae-2gbCxGZ-csiYnJ-2gbCvKc-4FMBGi-24kBFZE-4xuShS\" title=\"Antigua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1580\/23919486354_0f6981e6db_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" alt=\"Antigua\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The island of <strong>Antigua<\/strong> in the Caribbean also gets its name from the same roots, via Spanish <strong>antigua<\/strong> (ancient, old), and was originally named <strong>Santa Mar\u00eda de la Antigua<\/strong> by Christopher Columbus to honour a mural known as  <strong>Virgen de la Antigua<\/strong> or <strong>Santa Mar\u00eda de la Antigua<\/strong> in Seville Cathedral (see below) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antigua#Etymology\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/emptyseas\/10292170303\/in\/photolist-2gYU4bx-2mVBvNF-2nh7DxY-gFu4E8-2nbnRG3-2nbut5h-VTY9QK-2nhdeQ6-2orJrUX-2nbiq8Y-2gYZGQv-2ncfhUW-2nbjR9Z-2ncfhSG-2nbvTdr-2ncfhRe-2hkKYMZ-2hkKYTL-2ncdQZk-2hkKYQu-2hkKYJx-osExuC-ourQpz-ospScg-2ihyDFY-9RgRDV-2dWRmKF-95XRzn\" title=\"Chapel of the Virgen de la Antigua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7378\/10292170303_4eff5602e7_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Chapel of the Virgen de la Antigua\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other words from the PIE root <em>*h\u2082\u00e9nti<\/em> (in front, before) include <strong>and<\/strong> and words beginning with <strong>ante-\/ant(i)-<\/strong> such as <strong>antechamber<\/strong> and <strong>anticlockwise<\/strong> in English, <strong>antes<\/strong> (before, earlier, sooner) in Spanish, and <strong>anzi<\/strong> (on the contrary, indeed, actually) in Italian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%82%C3%A9nti\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the PIE root <em>*h\u2083ek\u02b7-<\/em> (to see, eye) include <strong>eye<\/strong>, <strong>ocular<\/strong>,  <strong>ogle<\/strong> and <strong>window<\/strong> in English,  <strong>occhio<\/strong> (eye) in Italian, <strong>wyneb<\/strong> (face, surface) in Welsh, and <strong>oineach<\/strong> (honour, reputation) in Irish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%82%C3%A9nti\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a 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Antique [\u00e6n\u02c8ti\u02d0k] can mean: An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance (noun) Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; out of date, old (adjective) to search [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,33,20,56,23,24,6,12,4,50,1,59,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-czech","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-german","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-podcast","category-proto-indo-european","category-spanish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3504,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/3504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}