Reconstruction:Latin/amicitatem

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From amīc- (“friend”) +‎ -tās (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /amid͡zʲeˈdaːde/

Noun edit

*amīcitātem f (plural *amīcitātēs) (Proto-Western-Romance)

friendship

Descendants edit

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: amistat
- Franco-Provençal: amitiêt, amityâ, amihyâ
- Old French: amistiet, amistet; amistié, amisté
  - French: amitié
  - → Middle English: amite
    - English: amity
- Old Occitan: amistat
  - Occitan: amistat
  - → Old Italian: amistade, amistate, amistà
    - Italian: amistà
      - → Friulian: amistât
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: amistá
- Old Galician-Portuguese: amizidade, amizade, amiçade
  - Galician: amizade
  - Portuguese: amizade
- Old Spanish: amiztat, amidtad, amyztad; amizad
  - Ladino: amistad
  - Spanish: amistad
    - Papiamentu: amistat

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*amicitas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 440