ardor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Strong enthusiasm or passion for something.

   They were imbued with revolutionary ardor.

2. 2
   noun

   Intense feelings of love or romantic passion.

   He wrote her letters full of youthful ardor.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti Proto-Italic *āzēō Latin āreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin āridus Latin ārdus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin ārdeō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin ārdorbor. Old French ardur Anglo-Norman ardourbor. Middle English ardour English ardor From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Old French ardur, from Latin…

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