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English word origin

Etymology of amanse

From Middle English amansen, amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate, anathematize, curse, proscribe, outlaw”, literally “to disjoin”), from a- (“out, without”) + ġemāna (“community, company, common prop

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Unnumbered source etymology

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verb

To excommunicate; interdict. · To ban; curse; accurse.

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From Middle English amansen, amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate, anathematize, curse, proscribe, outlaw”, literally “to disjoin”), from a- (“out, without”) + ġemāna (“community, company, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation”) + *sumian. Cognate with Old High German armeinsamōn (“to excommunicate”).

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