Where does “lasciviens” come from?

lasciviens (Latin) comes from Latin lascīviō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

lasciviens (Latin): frolicking

Definitions

  1. frolicking

Ancestry of “lasciviens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlascīviōto frolic; to be lively or merry
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →