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Where does “amusedness” come from?

amusedness (English) comes from English amused, from English amuse, from Middle English amusen, from Old French amuser, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad-.

amusedness (English): The quality of being amused; amusement

Definitions

  1. The quality of being amused; amusement

Ancestry of “amusedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishamusedsimple past tense and past participle of amuse;...
2EnglishamuseTo entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to...
3Middle Englishamusento mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on
4Old Frenchamuserto stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought
5Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Proto-Italic*ad-—
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