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)

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

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