amendment
English
/əˈmend.mənt/, /ʌˈmɛnd.mənt/
noun
Definitions
- An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
- (legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
- An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
- That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
Etymology
Derived from French amendement derived from Latin amendamentum root from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (fault, physical defect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mend-
Gloss
fault, physical defect
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amendable English
- amendatory English
- amends English
- antiamendment English
- emendable English
- mendicant English
- preamendment English
- reamendment English
- amendamentum Latin
- emendo Latin
- menda Latin
- mendax Latin
- mendum Latin
- ēmendō Latin
- amendement Dutch, Flemish
- amendement French
- amender French
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *mend- Proto-Indo-European
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- menden Middle English
- amandman Serbo-Croatian
- amendement Middle French
- *mendu- Proto-Celtic