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English word amuse comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) a-, Frankish *mōtōn (To be idle, at leisure, unoccupied.)
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a- (Old French)
(by extension) indicating a change of state. Indicating movement towards something. Intensifying prefix.
*mōtōn (Frankish)
To be idle, at leisure, unoccupied.
*muso (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) I gape, idly stare. (Vulgar Latin) I idly wait. (Vulgar Latin) I leisurely wander (in one's mind).
muser (Old French)
To loiter; waste time. To ponder; to think about. To stare at in amazement.
amuser (Old French)
amuser (Middle French)
amusen (Middle English)
amuse (English)
(transitive) To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.. (transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.. (transitive, archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.. To cause laughter, to be funny.