Etymology

amerciament

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Anglo-Norman amercier ← Old French à merci
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromà merci
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromamercier
  3. English todayamerciament

Medieval Latin amerciamentum, from amerciari + -amentum, learned Latinization of Anglo-Norman amercier + -ment, from Old French à merci.

Words from the same roots

Anglo-Normanamercier all →

amerceamercement

Old Frenchà merci all →

amercement

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.