Where does “amusen” come from?
amusen (Middle English) comes from Old French amuser, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.
amusen (Middle English): to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on
Definitions
- to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on
Ancestry of “amusen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | amuser | to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought |
| 2 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | ad |
Words derived from “amusen”