Where does “wanderlusty” come from?

wanderlusty (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.

wanderlusty (English): Full of wanderlust; eager to travel

Definitions

  1. Full of wanderlust; eager to travel

Ancestry of “wanderlusty”, step by step

wanderlusty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wanderlust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwanderlustA strong impulse or longing to travel; To feel a...
2GermanWanderlustwanderlust; the urge to travel, the love of the...
3Germanlustwith desire; the wish to do or have something
4Middle High Germanlust
5Old High Germanlust
6Proto-West Germaniclustudesire, want, lust
7Proto-Germaniclustuzlust, desire, want
8Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via English Y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
2EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
3Japanese百合lily
4Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
5Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
6Japanesea dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
7Old Japanesea dream
8Japanesean order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
9Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH-Every word from Proto-Germanic lausazEvery word from Proto-Germanic lustuz