Where does “metamour” come from?
metamour (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.
metamour (English): In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's...
Definitions
- In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's...
Ancestry of “metamour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | amour | Love, affection; Courtship; flirtation; A love... |
| 2 | Middle English | 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 |