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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

  1. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a...

Ancestry of “voluptuary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoluptuaire—
2Latinvoluptuarius—
3Latinvoluptariuspleasant, agreeable, delightful; sensual
4Latinvoluptās—
5Latinvoluppleasantly, agreeably, satisfactorily; with...
6Old Latinvolupe—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁p-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →