Where does “amoureux” come from?
amoureux (French) comes from Middle French amoureux, from Old French amoreus, from Latin amōrōsus, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
amoureux (French): in love; lover
Definitions
- in love; lover
Ancestry of “amoureux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | amoureux | in love |
| 2 | Old French | amoreus | in love |
| 3 | Latin | amōrōsus | — |
| 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 |