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Where does “peramour” come from?

peramour (Middle English) comes from Old French par amor — for love's sake.

Ancestry of “peramour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpar amorfor love's sake

Words derived from “peramour”

  • paramour
  • outparamoured
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