Where does “overluscious” come from?
overluscious (English) comes from English luscious, from English lushious, from English lustious, from English lusty, from Middle English lusty, from Middle English lust, from Old English lust, from Proto-West Germanic lustu — louse.
overluscious (English): Excessively luscious
Definitions
- Excessively luscious
Ancestry of “overluscious”, step by step
overluscious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English luscious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | luscious | Sweet and pleasant; delicious; Sexually... |
| 2 | English | lushious | — |
| 3 | English | lustious | Full of lustiness or lust; vigorous, lush |
| 4 | English | lusty | Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality |
| 5 | Middle English | lusty | pleasant, delightful; eager, happy; fine, good |
| 6 | Middle English | lust | — |
| 7 | Old English | lust | desire, pleasure, appetite, lust |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | lustu | desire, want, lust |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | lustuz | lust, desire, want |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | lausaz | loose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |