amender

Middle French

verb

Definitions

to improve
to fine (impose a financial penalty upon)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French amender derived from Latin ēmendō (free from faults).

Origin

Latin

ēmendō

Gloss

free from faults

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

amend English
emendator Latin
emendo, ēmendō, ēmendāre Latin
ēmendāre Latin
ēmendō Latin
amenderen Dutch, Flemish
amendable French
amendement French
amender French
*mend- Proto-Indo-European
amenden Middle English
amender Old French
emender Old French
amender Norman