amiztat

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (friend).

Pronunciation

Noun

amiztat f (usually uncountable)

  1. friendship, friendliness
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30v. col. 1.
      e uos comẽdo q̃ nõ o / uieſſedes amẏztad cõ eſtas / ẏẽtes.
      and then he ordered you not to be friendly toward these people.
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 111r:
      […] nin podra ſu marido tomar otra muger. nin querer la bien nin aun non podra auer amiztat con otro ſi non con el que ella amare.
      nor will her husband be able to take or love another woman; nor will she able to befriend a man other than the one she loves.

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Ladino: amistad
  • Spanish: amistad

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*amicitas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 444