English
amatively
From amative + -ly.
A compound of amative + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- ‘to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold,…’
Proto-Italic *amāō ‘to get hold of’
Latin amō ‘love’
Latin amātus ‘loved’
Medieval Latin amātīvus
English amative
Today it means
adv In an amative manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / amatively