amicable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Showing friendliness or goodwill.

   They hoped to reach an amicable agreement.

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Simplified etymology

Amicable ultimately derives from Latin amicus, meaning “friend,” and has meant “friendly” in English since the late Middle Ages. It is related through this Latin base to enemy and inimical.

From Middle English amicable (“agreeable; pleasant”), from Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”). Doublet of amiable.

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