Where does “Cupid” come from?

Cupid comes from Latin Cupido, the personified god of love derived from Latin cupere, meaning to desire or long for.

Cupid (English): The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros

Definitions

  1. The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros

Ancestry of “Cupid”, step by step

Cupid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cupide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcupidegreedy
2Latincupiduseager, passionate; greedy; wanton, lecherous
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—

via Latin cupīdō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincupīdō—
2Latin-īdō—

Words derived from “Cupid”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin cupidus →