amiztat
Old Spanish
    
    
Etymology
    
From Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /amid͡zˈtat/
Noun
    
amiztat f (usually uncountable)
- 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.
 
 
 
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30v. col. 1.
Antonyms
    
- enemiztat (“enmity”)
Related terms
    
- amigo (“friend”)
References
    
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*amicitas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 444
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