adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
amōrōsus1
*amōrōsus (feminine *amōrōsa, neuter *amōrōsum)
Meaning
- Proto Italo Western Romanceadjectivereconstructionlustful
Origins
From amōr- (“love”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). Eventually surfaces in thirteenth-century Medieval Latin as amōrōsus, a borrowing from one or more of the Romance forms below.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanamorós
- Occitanamorós
- Frenchamoureuxfrom Old French amoreus
- Englishamoureuxfrom Old French amoreus
- Germanamourösfrom Old French amoreus
- Englishamorousfrom Old French amoreus
- Old Frenchamereus
- Normanamouotheuxfrom Old French amoreus
- Scotsamorousfrom Old French amoreus
- Emilianmråuṡ
Italo-Romance
- Italianamoroso
- Englishamorosofrom Italian amoroso
- Frenchamorosofrom Italian amoroso
- Romanianamorosfrom Italian amoroso
- Italianmoroso
- Dalmatianmoraus
- Albanianmorozefrom Italian amoroso
- Albanianmorozëfrom Italian amoroso
- Albanianmorozhefrom Italian amoroso
- Albanianmarozhefrom Italian amoroso
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseamoroso
- Spanishamoroso
- Asturianamorosu
- Galicianamoroso
In English words that came into English from amōrōsus
- amorous*amōrōsus