Where does “amourette” come from?
amourette (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.
amourette (French): a crush
Ancestry of “amourette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Amour | — |
| 2 | Middle French | amour | love |
| 3 | Old French | amor | love |
| 4 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 5 | Latin | amō | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “amourette”