Where does “amourette” come from?
amourette (English) comes from French amourette, from French Amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
amourette (English): A petty love affair; The love grass, or quaking...
Definitions
- A petty love affair; The love grass, or quaking...
Ancestry of “amourette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | amourette | a crush |
| 2 | French | Amour | — |
| 3 | Middle French | amour | love |
| 4 | Old French | amor | love |
| 5 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 6 | Latin | amō | — |
| 7 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 8 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |