Where does “amigo” come from?

Amigo comes from Spanish amigo, from Latin amicus, formed with the Latin suffix -icus derived from Proto-Indo-European -kos, attached to the Proto-Indo-European root am-a-.

amigo (English): friend; Mexican; A native of the Philippines who...

Definitions

friend; Mexican; A native of the Philippines who...

Ancestry of “amigo”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	amigo	friend; penis
2	Old Spanish	amigo	—
3	Latin	amīcus	friendly, well-disposed, amicable
4	Latin	amō	to love
5	Latin	Deus	God
6	Latin	dẹ̄vos	—
7	Old Latin	deivos	god, deity
8	Proto-Italic	deiwos	god, deity
9	Proto-Indo-European	deywós	god
10	Proto-Indo-European	dyew-	to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “amigo”

bromigo
amigo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European deywós →Every word from Proto-Italic deiwos →