Where does “voluptate” come from?

voluptate (Romanian) comes from French volupté, from Latin voluptās, from Latin volup, from Old Latin volupe, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁p-, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.

voluptate (Romanian): voluptuousness

Definitions

  1. voluptuousness

Ancestry of “voluptate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoluptévoluptuousness; rich and intense pleasure,...
2Latinvoluptāspleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction
3Latinvoluppleasantly, agreeably, satisfactorily; with...
4Old Latinvolupe—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁p-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁p- →Every word from Old Latin volupe →