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Where does “amendest” come from?

amendest (English) comes from English amend, from Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

amendest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “amendest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamendTo make better; improve; To become better; To...
2Middle Englishamendento amend
3Old Frenchamenderto correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to...
4Latinēmendō—
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicō—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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