musique et mémoire

The different facets of the word amateur Looking at its etymology, we find that the two words ‘amateur’ and ‘aime’ share the same origin, ‘amor’; however, ‘amateur’ adds a further idea to the general term ‘aime’, since being an amateur always indicates a particular preference that has in some way become a field of study. It should be noted that the noun amateur can sometimes be used in a pejorative sense, in which case it is associated with a dilettante, someone fanciful who lacks skill. Rather than taking the word amateur in its everyday sense, I invite you to return to its Latin roots to understand its meaning [...]