Where does “adore” come from?
Adore comes from Middle English adoren, from Old French aorer, from Latin adoro meaning to speak to or address, composed of the Latin prefix ad- meaning toward and a root from Proto-Indo-European ád.
adore (English): To worship; To love with one's entire heart and...
Definitions
- To worship; To love with one's entire heart and...
Ancestry of “adore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | adoren | — |
| 2 | Old French | adorer | to praise |
| 3 | Latin | adōrō | to speak to, accost, address; negotiate a matter with |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |