paramour
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpæ.ɹə.mʊə/
Etymology
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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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