- Rom. Myth. the god of love, son of Venus: usually represented as a winged boy with bow and arrow and identified with the Greek Eros
- [c-] a representation of Cupid as a naked, winged cherub, as on a valentine
Origin of Cupid
Middle English and Old French Cupide from Classical Latin Cupido from cupido, desire, passion from cupidus, eager, passionate from cupere, to desire from Indo-European base an unverified form kup-, to boil, smoke, be disturbed from source Classical Greek kapnos, smoke
