amiztat

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, accusative singular of *amīcitās, from Latin amīcus, based on amīcitia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.mid͡zˈtað]

Noun

amiztat f (usually uncountable)

  1. friendship, friendliness
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30v. col. 1.
      e uos comédo q́ nó o / uieſſedes amẏztad có eſtas / ẏétes.
      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.

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