Where does “ameno” come from?

ameno (Portuguese) comes from Latin amoenus, from Latin mino, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

ameno (Portuguese): temperate; calm

Definitions

  1. temperate; calm

Ancestry of “ameno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinamoenuscharming, pleasant, agreeable; lovely,...
2LatinminoI drive; I impel; I threaten
3Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
4Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
5Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →