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Amyas vs Amis - What's the difference?

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Amis is a related term of amyas.



As proper nouns the difference between amyas and amis

is that amyas is a given name derived from Latin while Amis is {{surname|from=Old French}.

amyas

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
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  • * : IV:viii:59:
    • The morrow next about the wanted howre, / The Dwarfe cald at the doore of Amyas , / To come forthwith unto his Ladies bowre.
  • * 1855 (Charles Kingsley), Westward Ho! , Macmillan and Co. (1871), page 17:
    • Because there was fellow-feeling of old in merry England, in county and in town; and these are Devon men, and men of Bideford, whose names are Amyas Leigh of Burrough, John Staveley, Michael Heard, and Jonas Marshall of Bideford, and Thomas Braund of Clovelly: and they, the first of all English mariners, have sailed round the world with Francis Drake, and are come hither to give God thanks.
  • * 1942 (Agatha Christie), Five Little Pigs , HarperCollins (1994), ISBN 0006163726, page 39:
    • She was an admirer of Kingsley. That's why she called her son Amyas . His father scoffed at the name - but he gave in.

    Usage notes

    * Rare outside fiction today.

    amis

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • Related terms

    * Amyas ----