English
amene
Amene comes from Middle French amene, and goes back to Latin amoenus ‘pleasant’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamoenus‘pleasant’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600amene
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1866same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamoenus‘pleasant’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600amene
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1866same form
Earliest quotation: 1866, Allan Ramsay: “MAY is a month maist amene / For them…”
Linked words
through Latin amo ‘to love’
enemy, amicable, enmity, amour, amity, inimical, 19 more
through Latin amoenus ‘pleasant’
Today it means
adj Pleasant; agreeable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amoenus / amene