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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *inimīcitātem, accusative singular of *inimīcitās, from Latin inīmicus, based on inimīcitia.
Pronunciation
Noun
enemiztat f (usually uncountable)
- enmity, rivalry
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 16r:Eſta piedra a grand enemiztad con la otra que dixiemos aq̃ dizen abehenic en arauigo ⁊ en latin iaſpio uerde p̃o ſon amas duna color.- This stone has a great enmity with the other we mentioned, which they call abehenic in Arabic and green jasper in Latin, but they are both the same color.
- Idem, f. 61r.
Et ſu p̃priedat es de aborrecer la ſal tanto que biẽ parece que a entramas grand enemiztat.- And its property is that it loathes salt so much that it would seem that there is a great enmity between them both.
Antonyms
- amiztad (“friendship, friendliness”)
Descendants