Where does “amende” come from?
amende (English) comes from French amende, from French amender, from Middle French amender, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin.
amende (English): A monetary punishment; a fine
Definitions
- A monetary punishment; a fine
Ancestry of “amende”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | amende | fine; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | amender | to amend; to improve; to mend , reform |
| 3 | Middle French | amender | to improve; to fine |
| 4 | Old French | amender | to correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to... |
| 5 | Latin | ēmendō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |