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Where does “lusorious” come from?

lusorious (English) comes from Latin lūsōrius, from Latin lusor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

lusorious (English): Pertaining to a sport, game or pastime

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a sport, game or pastime

Ancestry of “lusorious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlūsōrius—
2Latinlusorplayer; gambler; tease
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →