paramour的词源

英文词源

paramour (n.)

c. 1300, noun use of adverbial phrase par amour (c. 1300) "passionately, with strong love or desire," from Anglo-French and Old French par amour, from accusative of amor "love," from amare "to love" (see Amy). Originally a term for Christ (by women) or the Virgin Mary (by men), it came to mean "darling, sweetheart" (mid-14c.) and "mistress, concubine, clandestine lover" (late 14c.).

中文词源

paramour：情妇

来自古法语par amour,来自par,通过，穿过，整个的，amour,爱，情爱，词源同amateur.引申词义甜心，情妇。

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