The story
- Latin · derived fromamīcus“friend”
- Spanish · borrowed fromamigo“friend”
- English todayamigo
Borrowed from Spanish amigo (“friend”), from Latin amīcus (“friend”), derived from amāre (“to love”). Compare French ami, Italian amico, Portuguese amigo and Romanian amic. Doublet of amicus.
Words from the same roots
Spanishamigo all →
Latinamīcus all →
AmisamityamiableamicicideAmyasfriend of the court
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.