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amenity

The origin and history of amenity.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English amenite, amenyte, partly from Middle French amenité and partly from its source, Latin amoenitās, meaning ‘pleasantness, delightfulness’, from amoenus, meaning ‘pleasant, delightful’, itself of unknown origin.

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