amigable

/amiˈɡable/ · B2 · adj

amicable, friendly, amiable

🤝 amigable = amig(o) 'friend' + -able 'capable of' → capable of being a friend

Spanish amigo means friend, and -able means able to be. So amigable describes someone fit to be a friend: amicable, friendly. The English cousin amicable comes from the same Latin root, amicus.

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