Etymograph

English

amigo

Amigo comes from Spanish amigo ‘friend’, and goes back to Latin amāre ‘to love’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamāre‘to love’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamīcus‘friend’
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500amigo
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘friend’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1989same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamāre‘to love’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamīcus‘friend’
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500amigo
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘friend’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1989same form

Earliest quotation: 1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion: “I don’t remember electing you dictator, amigo.”

Linked words

through Latin amāre ‘to love’

amateur, 1 more

through Latin amīcus ‘friend’

enemy, enmity, amicable, amiable, amity, inimical, 5 more

Today it means

noun A friend.

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

Etymograph / Latin amāre / amigo

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