Where does “disamenity” come from?
disamenity (English) comes from English amenity, from French aménité, from Latin amoenitās, from Latin amoenus, from Latin mino, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.
disamenity (English): A disadvantage or drawback, especially of a...
Definitions
- A disadvantage or drawback, especially of a...
Ancestry of “disamenity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amenity | Pleasantness; A thing or circumstance that is... |
| 2 | French | aménité | niceness; agreeableness |
| 3 | Latin | amoenitās | pleasantness, pleasurableness, delightfulness, loveliness, agreeableness, charm |
| 4 | Latin | amoenus | charming, pleasant, agreeable; lovely,... |
| 5 | Latin | mino | I drive; I impel; I threaten |
| 6 | Latin | minor | comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,... |
| 7 | Latin | minae | projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *eksmenā | — |