Where does “d'Amour” come from?
d'Amour (English) comes from French d'Amour, 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.
Ancestry of “d'Amour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | d'Amour | — |
| 2 | French | Amour | emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin |
| 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 |