Where does “amuseren” come from?
amuseren (Dutch) comes from Middle French amuser, from Old French amuser, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad-.
amuseren (Dutch): to amuse; to amuse oneself, to have fun
Definitions
- to amuse; to amuse oneself, to have fun
Ancestry of “amuseren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | amuser | to amuse, divert, babble |
| 2 | Old French | amuser | to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought |
| 3 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | — |