Where does “amuser” come from?

amuser (Old French) comes from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.

amuser (Old French): to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought

Definitions

  1. to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought

Ancestry of “amuser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Proto-Italic*ad-ad

Words derived from “amuser”

Every word from Proto-Italic *ad- →Every word from Latin ad- →Every word from Old French a- →
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