Etymograph

English

amene

Amene comes from Middle French amene, and goes back to Latin amoenus ‘pleasant’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamoenus1‘pleasant’
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600amene1
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500amene1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1866amene1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English amene
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1866, Allan Ramsay: “MAY is a month maist amene / For them…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamoenusWiktionary, English amene‘pleasant’
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ameneWiktionary, English amene
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ameneWiktionary, English amene
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1866ameneWiktionary, English amene. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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’

amenity

Today it means

adj Pleasant; agreeable.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “amene”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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