Where does “amenity” come from?
Amenity comes from French aménité, from Latin amoenitas, derived from Latin amoenus, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to diminish or threaten.
amenity (English): Pleasantness; A thing or circumstance that is...
Definitions
- Pleasantness; A thing or circumstance that is...
Ancestry of “amenity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aménité | niceness; agreeableness |
| 2 | Latin | amoenitās | pleasantness, pleasurableness, delightfulness, loveliness, agreeableness, charm |
| 3 | Latin | amoenus | charming, pleasant, agreeable; lovely,... |
| 4 | Latin | mino | I drive; I impel; I threaten |
| 5 | Latin | minor | comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,... |
| 6 | Latin | minae | projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *eksmenā | — |