Where does “amie” come from?
amie (French) comes from Middle French amye, from Old French amie, from Latin amica, from Latin amicus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
amie (French): friend
Definitions
- friend
Ancestry of “amie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | amye | friend |
| 2 | Old French | amie | lover |
| 3 | Latin | amica | a female friend; vocative singular of amīca; f |
| 4 | Latin | amicus | friendly, amicable; welcome, pleasing; male... |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |