amoreus

Old French

Alternative forms

• amoros, amorus

Etymology

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

amoreus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular amoreuse)

1. in love

Descendants

• Middle French: amoureux
  • French: amoureux
    • → English: amoureux
    • → German: amourös
• Norman: amouotheux
• → Middle English: amorous, amerous, amerouse, amerowse, amerus, amirous, amoros, amorows, amourous
  • English: amorous
  • Scots: amorous

References

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