Etymology

amativeness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings. 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 todayamativeness

From amative + -ness.

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