Where does “luxură” come from?
luxură (Romanian) comes from French luxure, from Latin luxuria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
luxură (Romanian): lust
Definitions
- lust
Ancestry of “luxură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | luxure | lust |
| 2 | Latin | luxuria | luxury; extravagance |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |