Where does “lasciv” come from?

lasciv (Romanian) comes from French lascif, from Latin lascivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

lasciv (Romanian): lascivious, lustful, prurient

Definitions

  1. lascivious, lustful, prurient

Ancestry of “lasciv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlasciflascivious, lustful
2Latinlascivuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious,...
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “lasciv”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin lascivus →
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