amoreus
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older amereus (rebuilt based on the noun amor "love"), from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor + -eus.
Adjective[edit]
amoreus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular amoreuse)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: amoureux
- Norman: amouotheux
- → Middle English: amorous, amerous, amerouse, amerowse, amerus, amirous, amoros, amorows, amourous
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amorōsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 476