amiztat
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- amidtad, amyztad
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)
- 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.
- e uos comédo q́ nó o / uieſſedes amẏztad có eſtas / ẏétes.
- 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.
- […] 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.
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30v. col. 1.
Antonyms
- enemiztat (“enmity”)
Related terms
- amigo (“friend”)
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