Where does “ამაო” come from?
ამაო (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian ამაოჲ, from Old Armenian ամայի, from Old Armenian ամամ, from Proto-Indo-European am- — to fill; mother, aunt.
ამაო (Georgian): futile, nugatory, otiose, vain
Definitions
- futile, nugatory, otiose, vain
Ancestry of “ამაო”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Georgian | ამაოჲ | — |
| 2 | Old Armenian | ամայի | desert, uninhabited, deserted, uninhabitable,... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | ամամ | to fill; to put in a vessel or bag, to bag; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | am- | to fill; mother, aunt |