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

amour de soi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French Amour

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAmouremptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin
2Middle Frenchamourlove
3Old Frenchamorlove
4Latinamorlove, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;...
5Latinamōto love
6LatinDeusGod
7Latindẹ̄vos
8Old Latindeivosgod, deity
9Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via French

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdie; diced slice; thimble
2Middle Frenchdeof; from
3Old Frenchdie
4Latinof; concerning; about
5Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
6Latinposteablative singular of postis
7Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via French soi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoione; oneself; himself, herself, itself
2Old Frenchsei
3Latinsēdēsseat, chair
4Latinsedeōto sit, to be seated
5Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European deywósEvery word from Proto-Italic deiwos