Where does “deluxe” come from?
Deluxe comes from French de luxe, from Latin luxus meaning excess or extravagance, from Proto-Italic louksus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewg-.
deluxe (English): Very fine in quality or luxurious
Definitions
- Very fine in quality or luxurious
Ancestry of “deluxe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | de luxe | luxurious |
| 2 | Latin | luxus | dislocated; a dislocation; extravagance, luxury,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | louksos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewg-so-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewg- | to bend |
Words derived from “deluxe”