amare

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Latin word amare comes from Proto-Indo-European, possibly deriving from *am-a-, *am- ("mother, aunt") or *h₂emh₃- ("seize")

*h₂emh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)

seize, capture

*am- (Proto-Indo-European)

mother, aunt

amare (Latin)

to love

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