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adorable (adj.)
[adorable 词源字典]
1610s, from French
adorable
, from Latin
adorabilis
"worthy of worship," from
adorare
(see
adore
). Weakened sense of "delightful, charming" is recorded from 1710. Related:
Adorably
;
adorableness
.
[adorable etymology, adorable origin, 英语词源]