Wordwyrt

adore

/əˈdɔː/uh-DAWR
/əˈdɔɹ/uh-DAWR

Meaningto speak to; to pray to

Common meaning: to love deeply

Other meanings: once, to pray to

‘to, towards’ + ‘to speak, pray’ → adore

Journey through time

  1. Latinōrō; ōs, ōris‘to speak, pray’
  2. Middle Englishadourensource
  3. Englishadore‘to love deeply’ · today

ad- also in: addadaptadoptadornadmire

or also in: oraloracle

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin ōrō; ōs ‘to speak, pray; the mouth’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ōrō, p. 1280 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

oracleoral

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app