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Where does “cupido” come from?

cupido (Latin) comes from Latin cupidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

Ancestry of “cupido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincupiduseager, passionate; greedy; wanton, lecherous
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →