fondness

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fond/fɒnd/

▶adjective

• 1 (fond of) having an affection or liking for.

  ■ affectionate; loving: fond memories.

• 2 (of a hope or belief) foolishly optimistic; naive.

– derivatives
fondly adverb,
fondness noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘infatuated, foolish’): from obs. fon ‘a fool, be foolish’, of unknown origin; cf. fun.