amat-, amor-, am-
(Latin: love, loving; fondness for; such as a man for a woman and a woman for a man; an antonym of "hate")
Love at first sight is easy to understand. It's when two people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes a miracle.
—Sam Levenson
amour
amourophile, amourophilist
A collector of valentine cards.
enamored
enamour
inamorata
paramour
This "love" unit is the main contributing source for the words in the ami- or "friend" unit.
Related "love, fondness" units:
agape-;
philo-;
vener-;
venus.
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