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amenable

/əˈmenəbəl/uh-MEH-nuh-buhl
/əˈmɛnəbəl/uh-MEH-nuh-buhl

Meaningthreats

Common meaning: willing to be guided

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAN‘project’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 261, p. 739 · scan
  2. Latinminae‘threats’source
  3. Late Latinmeaning shiftsthreats → to driveminare‘to drive’source
  4. Frenchmeaning shiftsto drive → to lead toamener‘to lead to’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto lead to → willing to be guidedamenable‘willing to be guided’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin minae ‘threats’.

Roots

  • minae Latin “threats”

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