Where does “voluptuaire” come from?
voluptuaire (French) comes from Latin voluptuarius, from Latin voluptarius, from Latin voluptās, from Latin volup, from Old Latin volupe, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁p-, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.
Ancestry of “voluptuaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | voluptuarius | — |
| 2 | Latin | voluptarius | pleasant, agreeable, delightful; sensual |
| 3 | Latin | voluptās | pleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction |
| 4 | Latin | volup | pleasantly, agreeably, satisfactorily; with... |
| 5 | Old Latin | volupe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁p- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |