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Where does “amour de soi” come from?

amour de soi (French) comes from French Amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos — to be bright; sky, heaven.

amour de soi (French): self-love

Definitions

  1. self-love

Ancestry of “amour de soi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAmour—
2Middle Frenchamourlove
3Old Frenchamorlove
4Latinamorlove, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;...
5Latinamō—
6LatinDeusGod
7Latindẹ̄vos—
8Old Latindeivosgod, deity
9Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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