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Love? No, Thanks! Love? No, thanks! Since nobody could give me a satisfactory answer about what is love, I decided to do a deep research about the meaning of love. I searched in a bunch of Psychology books, Religious books, Scientific books and I was still blank. And suddenly when I was thinking to abort the mission, an old book of latin etymology appeared on my screen, as you can guess I looked for the origins of the word "Love". Here is what I found. "Love" (Amar in Spanish) comes from the latin word "Amær" that means "Taking control of..." or "Conquered". So when someone says "I love her - or - I love him" what it is really saying is "I am... taking control of... her or him".That make sense when we think in the Spanish word "Amo" (slave owner). It was usual from native prehispanic slaves to refer to his owner like "Amo" (The person who took control of them). And that is not all, the etymology of the name "America" is from the latin "Amæri", plural of the verb to love. Or as we said before "Taking control of them" or "Conquered People". Originally the word was "Amæriarum". Two words "Amæri = Conquered people" and "Arum = Ring, Group of...", so the Spanish Kingdom put this name to the new conquered continent. It seems to me the most obvious approach instead of the Amerigo Vespucio thing... Nowadays, of course, those words have a completely different meaning, what really matters is that my question about Love has a closest answer,and at least I have the certainty that Love IS NOT something that I need in order to have a wonderful life experience.

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Love? No, Thanks!

Love? No, thanks!

Since nobody (no one) could give me a satisfactory answer about what is love, I decided to do a deep research about the meaning of love (or: "I decided to research the ..."). I searched in a bunch of Psychology books, religious books, scientific books and I was still blank. And suddenly when I was thinking to abort about aborting the mission, an old book of Latin etymology appeared on my screen, so / and as you can guess I looked for the origins of the word "Love". Here is what I found.

"Love" (Amar in Spanish) comes from the Latin word "Amær" that (which) means "Taking control of..." or "Conquered". So when someone says "I love her" or "I love him" what it he or she is really saying is "I am... taking control of... her or him".That make sense when we think in of / about the Spanish word "Amo" (slave owner). It was usual from for native prehispanic slaves to refer to his their owners like as "Amo" (The person who took control of them).

And that is not all. The etymology of the name "America" is from the latin "Amæri", the plural of the verb "to love". Or as we said before, "Taking control of them" or "Conquered People". Originally the word was "Amæriarum". Two words "Amæri = Conquered people" and "Arum = Ring, Group of...", so the Spanish Kingdom put (gave) this name to the new (newly) conquered continent. It seems to me the most obvious approach instead of the Amerigo Vespucio thing...

Nowadays, of course, those words have a completely different meaning. What really matters is that my question about love has a closest (I'm not sure what you mean by this) answer, and at least I have the certainty that Love IS NOT something that I need in order to have a wonderful life experience.

 

Notes:

Good job! The blue corrections are technically okay; they are just suggestions that sound more natural to English readers. One thing I have noticed is that Spanish speakers use more "run-on sentences", or long sentences with many parts. In English, we usually chop our writing into shorter sentences.

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