Etymology

amatively

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Today it means: In an amative manner. Full definition →

English amative ← Medieval Latin amātīvus ← Latin amātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  2. Proto-Italic*amāō
  3. Latinamō
  4. Latinamātus
  5. Medieval Latinamātīvus
  6. Englishamative
  7. English todayamatively

From amative + -ly.

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