Etymograph

English

inimicitious

Inimicitious comes from Latin inimicitia ‘enmity’, from inimicus ‘enemy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- ‘to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold,…’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃emh₃-‘to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold, tackle, touch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*amāō‘to get hold of’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamō‘to love’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamīcus‘friend’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinimicus‘enemy’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinimicitia‘enmity’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1761inimicitious

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃emh₃-‘to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold, tackle, touch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*amāō‘to get hold of’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamō‘to love’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamīcus‘friend’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinimicus‘enemy’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinimicitia‘enmity’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1761inimicitious

Earliest quotation: 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy: “to drive the gall and other bitter juices from…”

Linked words

through Latin amō ‘to love’

amour, amenity, 20 more

through Latin amīcus ‘friend’

amicable, amigo, amiable, amity, 5 more

through Latin inimicus ‘enemy’

enemy, enmity, 3 more

Today it means

adj Inimical; unfriendly, hostile.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- / inimicitious

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