Where does “amuser” come from?

amuser (French) comes from Middle French amuser, from Old French amuser, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.

amuser (French): to amuse, to entertain; to have fun, to enjoy...

Definitions

  1. to amuse, to entertain; to have fun, to enjoy...

Ancestry of “amuser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchamuserto amuse, divert, babble
2Old Frenchamuserto stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought
3Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Proto-Italic*ad-ad

Words derived from “amuser

Every word from Proto-Italic *ad-Every word from Latin ad-Every word from Old French a-