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