Etymograph

English

amaritude

Amaritude comes from Latin amāritūdō ‘bitterness’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃em-‘bitter, raw’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamārus‘bitter’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamāritūdō‘bitterness’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400amaritude
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500amarytude
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1611amaritude

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃em-‘bitter, raw’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamārus‘bitter’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamāritūdō‘bitterness’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400amaritude
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500amarytude
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1611amaritude

Earliest quotation: 1611, John Speed, Saxons: “King Iohn, with much more bleeding amaritude of ſpirit,…”

Linked words

through Latin amārus ‘bitter’

maraschino, amaro, amaretto, 6 more

Today it means

noun Bitterness, sorrow.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃em- / amaritude

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