Where does “amity” come from?

Amity comes from Old French amitié, from Old French amistié, derived from Latin -icus and Latin -tas suffixes forming abstract nouns from Proto-Indo-European -kos and -tós.

amity (English): Friendship. The cooperative and supportive...

Definitions

Friendship. The cooperative and supportive...

Ancestry of “amity”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	amite	ablative singular of ames
2	Latin	ames	a pole; a fork for spreading nets; second-person...
3	Proto-Indo-European	h₂em-	to grasp-; to hold on to; love

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂em- →Every word from Latin ames →Every word from Latin amite →