enemi

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

enemi

Alternative form of enemy

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

anemi, enemy, ennemi, inimi, inimic

Etymology[edit]

From earlier inimi, inimic, an adaptation of Latin inimīcus.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ẽ.nəˈmi/, /ã.nəˈmi/

Noun[edit]

enemi oblique singular, m (oblique plural enemis, nominative singular enemis, nominative plural enemi)

enemy
- c. 1180, Marie de France, Le Lai de Guigemar:
  Sa gent voleit fors enveier
  Pur sun enemi damager.
  he wants to send his people outside
  to hurt his enemy

Descendants[edit]

Middle French: ennemy, ennemi, ẽnemy
- French: ennemi
Norman: enn'mîn
→ Middle English: enemy, enemye, enmy
- English: enemy
- Scots: enemy

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