English
enamor
Enamor comes from Middle English enamoured ‘Enamoured, lovestruck’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enamoured‘Enamoured, lovestruck’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500enamouren
- Englishearliest quotation 1596enamor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enamoured‘Enamoured, lovestruck’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500enamouren
- Englishearliest quotation 1596enamor
Earliest quotation: 1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream: “Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse.”
Every English word from Middle English enamoured
Today it means
verb To cause to be in love.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English enamoured / enamor