The story
- Late Latin · derived frommināre“to drive”
- Anglo-Norman · borrowed fromamenable
- English todayamenable
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.