Etymology

Amistad

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Spanish amistad
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromamistad“friendship”
  2. English todayAmistad

From Spanish amistad (“friendship”), inherited from Old Spanish amiztad, from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).

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