Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros. · Sudden love or desire; the personification of falling in love. · A moon of Uranus. · The sixth reindeer of Santa Claus.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwep- Proto-Indo-European *kup-yé-tider. Proto-Italic *kupjō Latin cupiō Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin -ēdō Latin -īdō Latin cupīdō Latin Cupīdōder. English Cupid From Latin Cupīdō, personification of cupīdō (“desire, desire of love”), from cupidus (“eager, greedy, passionate”), from cupiō (“to desire”).
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- Derivation mentionCupīdōla
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