Meaning

noun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₃émh₃ti Proto-Italic *amō Latin amō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin amōrem Old French amor Middle French amourbor. Middle English amour ▲ French amourinflu. English amour Inherited from Middle English amour, from Middle French…

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