Where does “amata” come from?
amata (Tok Pisin) comes from English amateur, from French amateur, from Latin amātor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
amata (Tok Pisin): amateur
Ancestry of “amata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | amateur | A lover of something; A person attached to a... |
| 2 | French | amateur | amateur; a lover of something |
| 3 | Latin | amātor | — |
| 4 | Latin | amō | — |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |