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Where does “Amulett” come from?

Amulett (German) comes from French amulette, from Middle French amulete, from Latin amuletum, from Latin amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.

Amulett (German): amulet

Definitions

  1. amulet

Ancestry of “Amulett”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchamuletteamulet
2Middle Frenchamulete—
3Latinamuletuman amulet
4Latinamylumstarch; gruel; fine meal
5Ancient Greekἄμυλονinflection of ἀμύλος : ## masculine accusative...
6Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
7Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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