Where does “voluptuary” come from?
Voluptuary derives from French voluptuaire, from Latin voluptuarius, itself from Latin voluptarius, ultimately from Latin voluptas meaning pleasure, formed with the suffix -tas from the root welh₁p-.
voluptuary (English): One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a...
Definitions
- One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a...
Ancestry of “voluptuary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | voluptuaire | — |
| 2 | Latin | voluptuarius | — |
| 3 | Latin | voluptarius | pleasant, agreeable, delightful; sensual |
| 4 | Latin | voluptās | pleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction |
| 5 | Latin | volup | pleasantly, agreeably, satisfactorily; with... |
| 6 | Old Latin | volupe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁p- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |