Where does “amene” come from?

amene (Middle English) comes from Middle French amene, from Latin amoenus, from Latin mino, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

Ancestry of “amene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchamene
2Latinamoenuscharming, pleasant, agreeable; lovely,...
3LatinminoI drive; I impel; I threaten
4Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
5Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
6Proto-Italic*eksmenā

Words derived from “amene

Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenāEvery word from Latin minaeEvery word from Latin minor
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