Etymograph

English

amice

Amice comes from Latin amiciō ‘to clothe, cover or dress’, from iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-1‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō1‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamiciō2‘to clothe, cover or dress’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamictus2
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400emit2
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500amit2
  8. Englishtodayamice2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin amicio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English amice

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-Wiktionary, Latin amicio‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntWiktionary, Latin amicioreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciōWiktionary, Latin amicio‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamiciōWiktionary, English amice‘to clothe, cover or dress’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamictusWiktionary, English amice
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400emitWiktionary, English amice
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500amitWiktionary, English amice
  8. EnglishtodayamiceWiktionary, English amice

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’

year, hour, trajectory, catheter, abject, enema, jut, iambic, jetsam, 35 more

through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként

objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, dejection, 21 more

through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’

project, disease, object, ease, jet, injection, adjacent, jess, inject, conjecture, adjective, gist, ejection, jetty, eject, ejaculation, ejaculate, jettison, subjection, interject, joist, 29 more

Today it means

noun A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “amice”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin amicio. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / amice

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