Where does “Amor” come from?

Amor (English) comes from Portuguese amor, from Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “Amor”, step by step

Amor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese amor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseamorlove; honey; a kind or humble person
2Old Portugueseamorlove
3Latinamorlove, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;...
4Latinamōto love
5LatinDeusGod
6Latindẹ̄vos
7Old Latindeivosgod, deity
8Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Spanish amor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishamorlove; love affair

Words derived from “Amor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-
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