amiztat

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• amidtad, amyztad
• amizad

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amid͡zˈtat/

Noun

amiztat f (usually uncountable)

1. friendship, friendliness
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30v. col. 1.

     e uos comẽdo q̃ nõ o / uieſſedes amẏztad cõ eſtas / ẏẽtes.

     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.

Antonyms

• enemiztat (“enmity”)

Related terms

• amigo (“friend”)

Descendants

• Ladino: amistad
• Spanish: amistad
  • Papiamentu: amistat