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
- Full of wanderlust; eager to travel
Ancestry of “wanderlusty”, step by step
wanderlusty 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 Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |