Where does “amuzisto” come from?

amuzisto (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.

amuzisto (Esperanto): entertainer, showman

Definitions

  1. entertainer, showman

Ancestry of “amuzisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoamuzito amuse, entertain, divert; to amuse oneself,...
2Frenchamuserto amuse, to entertain; to have fun, to enjoy...
3Middle Frenchamuserto amuse, divert, babble
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-ad
Every word from Proto-Italic *ad-Every word from Latin ad-Every word from Old French a-