Reconstruction:Latin/amorosus

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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

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Etymology

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From amōr- (love) +‎ -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). Eventually surfaces in thirteenth-century Medieval Latin as amōrōsus,[1] a borrowing from one or more of the Romance forms below.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*amōrōsus (feminine *amōrōsa, neuter *amōrōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. lustful

Descendants

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  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: amoroso
      • English: amoroso
      • French: amoroso
      • Romanian: amoros
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amorōsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 476