Etymology

amor fati

Today it means: An attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or at least necessary; associated with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Full definition →

Latin amor fātī
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromamor fātī
  2. English todayamor fati

A learned borrowing from Latin amor fātī (literally “love of fate”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.