ancien(ne)

ancien(ne) (FR ADJ) extant for a long time, old, dating from a previous era; existing once, but no longer; former. First appears in French in the 11th century, from Latin anteanus, ante (before). (Apollinaire, Debussy, Eluard, Valéry, Verlaine, Villiers de l'Isle Adam, Villon, Vilmorin)