Word: Amenable

The Word of the Day for Apr 02 is:
amenable \uh-MEE-nuh-bul\ adjective
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1 : liable to be brought to account : answerable
2 a : capable of submission (as to judgment or test) : suited b : readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate *c : inclined or favorably disposed in mind : willing

Example sentence:
Dorothy assured her family she'd be amenable to whatever they planned for her 80th birthday.

Did you know?

"Amenable" is a legacy of Anglo-French and derives ultimately from Latin "minari," meaning "to threaten." Since 1596, English speakers have been using it in courtrooms and writings of law with the meaning "answerable," as in "citizens amenable to the law." It later developed the meanings "suited" ("a simple function . . . which is perfectly amenable to pencil-and-paper arithmetic" — Nature, April 1973) and "responsive" (as in "mental illnesses that are amenable to drug therapy"). It also came to be used of people with a general disposition to be agreeable or complaisant -- like Mr. Dick in David Copperfield, who was "the most friendly and amenable creature in existence." Nowadays, "amenable" is often used to describe someone who is favorably disposed to a particular named something.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
My sentence:
My first guess about the etomology of "amenable" was that it might be related to the word "amen," which I thought might mean "yes."