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Where does “ames” come from?

ames (Galician) comes from Galician amar, from Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European deywós — to be bright; sky, heaven.

ames (Galician): second-person singular present subjunctive of...

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  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “ames”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianamarto love
2Old Portugueseamar—
3Latinamō—
4LatinDeusGod
5Latindẹ̄vos—
6Old Latindeivosgod, deity
7Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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