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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amid͡zʲeˈdaːde/

Noun

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

1. friendship

Descendants

• 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
      • Sicilian: amistà, amistati
• 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

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