amiable

‘friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. ameabill, amiabul, amyable < O.F. amiable ‘pleasant, kind; worthy to be loved’ < La.Lat. amicabilis ‘friendly’ < Lat. amicus ‘friend, loved one,’ related to amare ‘to love’ < Proto-Ital. ama- ‘to take, hold’ < aymee < Tamil amar