Reconstruction:Latin/amorosus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From amōr- (love) +‎ -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). Eventually surfaces in thirteenth-century Medieval Latin as amōrōsus,[1] a borrowing from one or more of the Romance forms below.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amoˈrosos/

Adjective

*amōrōsus (feminine *amōrōsa, neuter *amōrōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. lustful

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amorōsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 476