Etymology

cupid

cu·pid
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Today it means: A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love. Full definition →

Latin Cupīdō ← Proto-Italic *kupjō ← Proto-Indo-European *kup-yé-ti
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cupid · noun1

From Cupid.

Cupid · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kwep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kup-yé-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*kupjō
  4. Latincupiō
  5. Latincupīdō
  6. LatinCupīdō
  7. English todayCupid

From Latin Cupīdō, personification of cupīdō (“desire, desire of love”), from cupidus (“eager, greedy, passionate”), from cupiō (“to desire”).

Words from the same roots

LatinCupīdō all →

Cupidinian

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