paramour
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpæ.ɹə.mʊə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English paramour, paramoure, peramour, paramur, from Old French par amor (“for love's sake”). The modern pronunciation is apparently an Early Modern English readaptation of the French.
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