Where does “amendable” come from?
amendable (French) comes from French amender, from Middle French amender, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
amendable (French): amendable
Ancestry of “amendable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | amender | to amend; to improve; to mend , reform |
| 2 | Middle French | amender | to improve; to fine |
| 3 | Old French | amender | to correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to... |
| 4 | Latin | ēmendō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |