senatne

Etymology
A 19th-century neologism, from (or perhaps from the adverb, q.v.), coined in 1869 by A. Kronvalds, following the pattern of ,  (originally “recent times”). Kronvalds also used the word in the same sense, which he had either heard from a dialect (it is attested as a dialectal term) or then created independently, following the example of 🇨🇬. Only remained in the standard literary language.

Noun

 * 1) antiquity, ancient times, distant past