Where does “wanderlusting” come from?
wanderlusting (English) comes from English wanderlust, from German Wanderlust, from German lust, from Middle High German lust, from Old High German lust, from Proto-West Germanic lustu, from Proto-Germanic lustuz, from Proto-Germanic lausaz — louse.
wanderlusting (English): That wanderlust
Definitions
- That wanderlust
Ancestry of “wanderlusting”, step by step
wanderlusting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wanderlust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wanderlust | A strong impulse or longing to travel; To feel a... |
| 2 | German | Wanderlust | wanderlust; the urge to travel, the love of the... |
| 3 | German | lust | with desire; the wish to do or have something |
| 4 | Middle High German | lust | — |
| 5 | Old High German | lust | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | lustu | desire, want, lust |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lustuz | lust, desire, want |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lausaz | loose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |