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): love
Definitions
- love
Ancestry of “amour”, step by step
amour traces back through two 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 Italian amore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | amore | love |