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Stage 1 of 3
amita
Latin · ancient
"a father's sister"
a father's sister
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Stage 2 of 3
ante
Old French · medieval
"a parent's sister"
carried into French and broadened to mean any parent's sister
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Stage 3 of 3
aunt
English · 1300s
"the sister of one's parent"
settled as the English word for a parent's sister
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