amorous
English
/ˈæ.mɹəs/
adj
Definitions
- Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
- Indicating love or sexual desire.
- Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
- (dated) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
Etymology
Derived from Old French amoros derived from Latin amōrōsus, amor (love).
Origin
Latin
amor
Gloss
love
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amorously English
- amorousness English
- biamorous English
- heteroamorous English
- homoamorous English
- monoamory English
- multiamorous English
- unamorous English
- amor Latin
- amorōsus Latin
- amō Latin
- amōrōsus Latin
- amourös German
- Lamoureux French
- amour French
- amoureux French
- amor Old French
- amoros Old French
- amur Old French
- amor Icelandic
- amor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- amouotheux Norman
- amoureux Middle French
- amor Old Portuguese
- amor Asturian
- amôr Friulian
- amor Old Occitan
- amaur Dalmatian
- aimor Bourguignon
- ammore Neapolitan
- amure Istriot
- amor Interlingua
- anmeur Picard