amateur
/ˈæməˌtɜː/A-muh-tur
/ˈæməˌtɝ/A-muh-tur
Meaninga lover (of something)
Common meaning: someone who does something for love rather than pay
- amatto love, be fond ofLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 107 · scan
- euragent ending from French: one who
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin amō ‘to love, be fond of’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry amō, p. 107 · dictionary scan
Roots
- amō, amāvī, amātum Latin “to love, be fond of”
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