[əˈmiːnəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
(e.g: parents who have amenable children)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘liable to answer to a law or tribunal’): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener ‘bring to’ from a- (from Latin ad) ‘to’ + mener ‘bring’ (from late Latin minare ‘drive animals’, from Latin minari ‘threaten’)