Where does “Amour” come from?
Amour (French) comes from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Amour (French): 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
Definitions
- 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
Ancestry of “Amour”, step by step
Amour traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French amour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | amour | love |
| 2 | Old French | amor | love |
| 3 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 4 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Latin cupīdō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cupīdō | — |
| 2 | Latin | cupidus | eager, passionate; greedy; wanton, lecherous |
| 3 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Italian amore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | amore | love |