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

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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	cupide	greedy
2	Latin	cupidus	eager, passionate; greedy; wanton, lecherous
3	Latin	-idus	tending to
4	Proto-Italic	*-iðos	—

via Latin cupīdō

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	cupīdō	—
2	Latin	-īdō	—

Words derived from “Cupid”

kewpie
Cupidlike
キューピッド
Cupid-like
cupidical

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