The easiest way to remember the root AM is to think of your best friend, because most of us know that Amigo is spanish for friend. When every you see AM there is something friendly there. -- Hold on I will come back to this-- But for now, for example, Amiable means "friendly or good natured."
Amicable: friendly, peaceful. The best people I have known are those that behave amicably in all company regardless of variance in lifestyle, viewpoint, or language even if at odds with their personal preference or opinion.
Inimical: hostile, unfriendly, or harmful. The "in-" prefex negates the meaning of the root "-im-". Hence, Inimical means "not friendly". Eminem? Em (not) em = them ems nobody, he's slim shady. Regardless, Eminem, Marshal Mathers, impact has been to grow larger audience for the music genre Rap by telling stories through lyrics at a cadence that can be understood - also by drawing a white audience, regardless of social stratus, into a domain that was previously the exclusive domain of minorities. While he is held inimically by many for being just another rap bad boy; I argue he is just misconstrued; you just don't understand him
Speaking of of misconstrued. Emma, Em ma (ma; am in reverse) by Jane Austen, is a novel about the perils of misconstrued romance. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women while creating a lively 'comedy of manners' among her characters. However, before she began writing Emma, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like." In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." As the novel proceeds we learn Emma is spoiled; vows to never marry (because she doesn't need to); she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is as blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives as she is to the men in her life and the impact of her actions on others. Yet, as the story proceeds Austen successfully demonstrates how or views of anyone can change as she transforms Emma into someone lovable. Does Emma find love? You will have to read the story to find out.
Enamored: charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love. At this point you are probably wondering if I am more enamored with Jane Austen or Eminem. I assure you the relationships are merely Platonic.
Paramour: a lover. The "Par-" prefix means "by or through." So it means an attachment by or through love, as opposed to by social custom or ceremony. Ironically it has come to mean a lover in secret. Personally, I believe there are too many marriages driven by what is presumed to be the universally correct sequence of events of life, without enough thought about one's place in this world, objectives, or the consequences of one's actions- which reminds me of Eminem and Emma? Is there hope for us yet- can we find true love? That's all we want, isn't it?
In one of the most famous quotes in the Torah/Bible, when asked who is, God said, "Ehyeh asher ehyeh" (Hebrew), which is interpreted in English to mean I am that or who I am. Which if I may intrude, using my new found Latin root, this could mean "I love that I love" or "I am love because I love", or just "I am love". Or maybe he was just trying to illusive. Real Torah scholars say that this divine name is mysterious just as God is mystery. It is at once a name revealed and something like the refusal of a name, and hence it better expresses God as what he is - infinitely above everything that we can understand or say: he is the "hidden God", his name is ineffable (not understandable), and yet by producing this name he is the God who makes himself close to men. And we get all that from 3 letters: I AM.
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