Where does “amourist” come from?
amourist (English) comes from English amour, from Middle English 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.
amourist (English): Alternative form of amorist
Definitions
- Alternative form of amorist
Ancestry of “amourist”, step by step
amourist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amour | Love, affection; Courtship; flirtation; A love... |
| 2 | Middle English | amour | love, affection |
| 3 | Middle French | amour | love |
| 4 | Old French | amor | love |
| 5 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 6 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 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 |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |