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Where does “amuzi” come from?

amuzi (Esperanto) comes from French amuser, from Middle French amuser, from Old French amuser, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad-.

amuzi (Esperanto): to amuse, entertain, divert; to amuse oneself,...

Definitions

  1. to amuse, entertain, divert; to amuse oneself,...

Ancestry of “amuzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchamuserto amuse, to entertain; to have fun, to enjoy...
2Middle Frenchamuserto amuse, divert, babble
3Old Frenchamuserto stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought
4Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Proto-Italic*ad-—

Words derived from “amuzi”

  • amuziĝi
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