god of human love.

Etymology

The name Cupido ('passionate desire') is a derivative of Latin cupio, cupere ('to desire'), itself from Proto-Italic *kup-i-, which may reflect *kup-ei- ('to desire'; cf. Umbrian cupras, South Picene kuprí). The latter ultimately stems from the Proto-Indo-European verbal stem *kup-(e)i-

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