Where does “amateur” come from?
Amateur comes from French amateur, from Latin amator, derived from Latin amare meaning "to love," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European am-a-.
amateur (English): A lover of something; A person attached to a...
Definitions
- A lover of something; A person attached to a...
Ancestry of “amateur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | amateur | amateur; a lover of something |
| 2 | Latin | amātor | a (male) friend |
| 3 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 4 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 5 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
Words derived from “amateur”