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Where does “enamored” come from?

Enamored comes from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, and Proto-Indo-European -tós, a past participle suffix ultimately expressing a completed state.

enamored (English): In love, amorous; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. In love, amorous; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “enamored”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenamouredBritain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada...
2Old Frenchenamore—

Words derived from “enamored”

  • unenamored
  • overenamored
  • enamoredness
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