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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

  1. niceness; agreeableness

Ancestry of “aménité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinamoenitās—
2Latinamoenuscharming, pleasant, agreeable; lovely,...
3LatinminoI drive; I impel; I threaten
4Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
5Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
6Proto-Italic*eksmenā—

Words derived from “aménité”

  • amenities
  • amenity
  • disamenity
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