Where does “amenden” come from?
amenden (Middle English) comes from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
amenden (Middle English): to amend
Definitions
- to amend
Ancestry of “amenden”, step by step
amenden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French amender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | amender | to correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to... |
| 2 | Latin | ēmendō | to free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure |
| 3 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 4 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Anglo-Norman amender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | amender | — |