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amorous

/ˈæməəs/A-mur-uhs
/ˈæmɚəs/A-mur-uhs

Meaningfull of love

Common meaning: showing romantic desire

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAM‘love’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 50, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latinamō, amāvī, amātum‘to love, be fond of’
  3. Old Frenchamorossource
  4. Englishamorous‘showing romantic desire’ · today

amor also in: amateuramiable

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

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

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

Related words

amateuramiable

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