Where does “lascivie” come from?

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

lascivie (Romanian): lasciviousness

Definitions

  1. lasciviousness

Ancestry of “lascivie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlascivlascivious, lustful, prurient
2Frenchlasciflascivious, lustful
3Latinlascivuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious,...
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin lascivus →