köken: Inherited from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”). As far as the verb is concerned, the meaning “fuck” arose via euphemism and has become the dominant sense.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₃émh₃ti Proto-Italic *amō Latin amō Old Spanish amar Spanish amar Inherited from Old Spanish amar, from Latin amāre.
to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English) · to make love
çekim: geçmiş älskade · ortaç älskad · ulaç älskande
köken: From Old Swedish ælska, from Old Norse ælska (Compare Old West Norse elska). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”).
to be in love · to make love (to engage in sexual intercourse)
köken: Inherited from Malay bercinta, from Classical Malay bercinta. Equivalent to ber- + cinta. The sense “to make love” is perhaps a semantic loan from English make love.