Where does “amour-propre” come from?
amour-propre (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-propre (French): self-esteem; quality of self-love; positive...
Definitions
- self-esteem; quality of self-love; positive...
Ancestry of “amour-propre”, step by step
amour-propre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Amour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Amour | 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 |
| 2 | Middle French | amour | love |
| 3 | Old French | amor | love |
| 4 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 5 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 6 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 7 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |