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amatory

Meaningto love

Common meaning: to do with love

Journey through time

  1. Latinamare‘to love’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsto love → a loveramator‘a lover’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftsa lover → lovingamatorius‘loving’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsloving → to do with loveamatory‘to do with love’ · today

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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin amare ‘to love’.

Roots

  • amare Latin “to love”

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