amistat

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.misˈtat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.misˈtat]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

amistat f (plural amistats)

1. friendship

Related terms

• amic
• enemistat

Further reading

• “amistat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amistat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “amistat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amistat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

amistat f (plural amistats)

1. friendship

Related terms

• amic

Old Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

amistat f (oblique plural amistats, nominative singular amistat, nominative plural amistats)

1. friendship

Related terms

• amic
• enemistat

Descendants

• Occitan: amistat
• → Old Italian: amistade, amistate, amistà
  • Italian: amistà
    • → Friulian: amistât
  • Sicilian: amistà, amistati

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*amicitas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 440