Where does “amour” come from?
amour (Middle French) comes from Old French amor, from Latin amor, 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.
amour (Middle French): love
Ancestry of “amour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | amor | love |
| 2 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 3 | Latin | amō | — |
| 4 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 5 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
Words derived from “amour”