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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Anis

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Anis
Friedrich Kluge2505482An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A — Anis1891John Francis Davis

Anis, m., from the equiv. MidHG. anîs, also enis, n., ‘anise,’ borrowed perhaps even before the MidHG. period from Lat. anîsum (Gr. ἄνϊσον), ‘anise,’ whence also Fr. anis, E. anise.