Where does “luxurious” come from?
Luxurious comes from Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios, from Latin luxuriosus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewg-.
luxurious (English): Very fine in quality and comfortable; Enjoying...
Definitions
- Very fine in quality and comfortable; Enjoying...
Ancestry of “luxurious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | luxurious | Lusty, lascivious; sexually transgressive;... |
| 2 | Old French | luxurios | — |
| 3 | French | luxurieux | lustful |
| 4 | Latin | luxuriosus | rank, luxuriant, exuberant; luxurious,... |
| 5 | Latin | luxuria | luxury; extravagance |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |