amarico

See also: amárico

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈma.ri.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ariko
  • Hyphenation: a‧mà‧ri‧co

Adjective

amarico (feminine amarica, masculine plural amarici, feminine plural amariche)

  1. Amharic

Proper noun

amarico m

  1. Amharic (Semitic language)

Further reading

  • amarico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From amārus (bitter) +‎ -icō (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the Vetus Itala.[1]

Verb

amāricō (present infinitive amāricāre, perfect active amāricāvī, supine amāricātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. to make bitter
  2. (figuratively) to excite, irritate

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: amaricare
    • Neapolitan: ammarecà
      Calabria: ammaricare
  • North Italian:
    • Romansch: amargiar
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: amargar
    • Occitan: amargar
    • Old French: amarjer, émarjer, amajer
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amarĭcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 389

Further reading

  • amarico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amarico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.