Amor and Armor

Driving home today I began to wonder whether amor and armor have a common root. Amor, easy enough: latin, love.

Armor? From the Middle English 'arumure,' from the Old French 'armeure,' from the Latin 'armatura' from 'armatus' past participle of 'armare': "to arm.”

Ah, 'armare', but one letter away from 'amare': “to love.”

Not good enough.

Amor? What is Amor? I am looking too hard. Amor is a Greek God. Amor is the Latin name for Eros. Amor: God of Love, armed with his bow and arrow, proto-IE 'ares': "to be angry."

OK, I get it. It's just like Pat Benatar said, "Love is a Battlefield." Love is war.

It's much clearer now. No, not really at all.