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Where does “ludibund” come from?

ludibund (English) comes from Latin ludibundus, from Latin -bundus, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.

ludibund (English): sportive, playful, frolicsome

Definitions

  1. sportive, playful, frolicsome

Ancestry of “ludibund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinludibundusplayful, sportive, frolicsome, wanton; playing...
2Latin-bundusDerives adjectives with an active or transitive...
3Indo-European*bʰuH-—
Every word from Indo-European *bʰuH- →