Where does “amuzado” come from?
amuzado (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto amuzi, from French amuser, from Middle French amuser, from Old French amuser, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.
amuzado (Esperanto): amusement
Definitions
- amusement
Ancestry of “amuzado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | amuzi | to amuse, entertain, divert; to amuse oneself,... |
| 2 | French | amuser | to amuse, to entertain; to have fun, to enjoy... |
| 3 | Middle French | amuser | to amuse, divert, babble |
| 4 | Old French | amuser | to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought |
| 5 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | ad |