admirer

to admire

From Middle French admirer, relatinized spelling of older amirer (14th c.), borrowed from Latin admīrārī. The restored ⟨d⟩ was silent at first, but came to be pronounced since at least the 18th century. Cognate with Catalan admirar, Corsican ammirate, Galician admirar, Italian ammirare, Occitan admirar, Portuguese admirar, Romanian admira, Sardinian ammirai, ammirare, Sicilian ammirari, Spanish admirar.