amoreus
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom older amereus (rebuilt based on the noun amor "love"), from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor + -eus.
Adjective
editamoreus 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, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 476