Where does “amend” come from?
Amend comes from Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin emendo meaning to correct or improve, derived from Latin ex meaning out.
amend (English): To make better; improve; To become better; To...
Definitions
- To make better; improve; To become better; To...
Ancestry of “amend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | amenden | to amend |
| 2 | Old French | amender | to correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to... |
| 3 | Latin | ēmendō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “amend”