Sten is a 4-letter word for antique firearm.
The word antique come from France, which basically means old or ancient.
MY dad has an antique sound record
I inherited an antique tea set from my Grandma.
Antique.
The singular of antiques is antique. As in "this antique is priceless".
According to one website, the Latin word for "antique" is "priscus." Priscus means antique, ancient, former, old days, etc.
Modern
antiques
new
Antique is a noun, adjective and verb; for example:Noun: The chair is an antique, it belonged to my great grandmother.Adjective: This antique broach is more than I can afford.Verb: We can antique this shabby chest of drawers to give it some character.
Antique has a synonym of obsolete. Obsolete has a synonym of outmoded. Since outmode is a transient verb it is always conjugated. But outmode is a word, it is 7 letters and it is a synonym for antique.