amiztat

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Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • Ladino: amistad
  • Spanish: amistad

References

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