Where does “enamorado” come from?
enamorado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese enamorar, from Portuguese amor, from Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
enamorado (Portuguese): infatuated, smitten
Definitions
- infatuated, smitten
Ancestry of “enamorado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | enamorar | to enamor |
| 2 | Portuguese | amor | love; honey; a kind or humble person |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | amor | love |
| 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 |