Where does “amender” come from?
amender (Middle French) 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,...
amender (Middle French): to improve; to fine
Ancestry of “amender”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | amender | to correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to... |
| 2 | Latin | ēmendō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 4 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |