amateur

IPA: ˈæmʌtɝ

(now rare) A lover of something.
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

Examples of "amateur" in Sentences

Over the decades, the word amateur changed its meaning.
The word amateur comes from the Latin amator, meaning to love.
But I don't think the term amateur is being used that way here.
The word amateur comes from the French 'amour', meaning someone who loves what they do.
Then it dawned on me that the word "amateur" comes from the French word meaning "to love."
Over the decades, the word amateur changed from conveying a moral sensibility, into an economic one.
I totally agree with your etymological assessment of the term amateur, I will always be an amateur, never a professional. lichanos
Because he chooses words carefully, I was not totally surprised when he suggested that "the term amateur may have outlived its usefulness."