amoreus
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), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 476