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Where does “amène” come from?

amène (French) comes from Latin amoenus, from Latin mino, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

amène (French): Amene; pleasant; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. Amene; pleasant; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “amène”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinamoenuscharming, pleasant, agreeable; lovely,...
2LatinminoI drive; I impel; I threaten
3Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
4Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
5Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
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