Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal. · A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual. · A delightful cause of joy, pleasure. · Virility; vigour; active power.
From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionlustenm
- Inherited-form mentionlustang · lust, pleasure, longing
- Inherited-form mention*lustugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*lustuzgem-pro
- Cognate mentionlustnl
- Cognate mentionLustde
- Cognate mentionlustsv
- Cognate mentionlystda
- Cognate mentionlystis
- Cognate mentionlostinon
- Cognate mention𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃got
- Cognate mentionलष्sa
- Cognate mentionlushësq · bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman
- Cognate mentionlooseen
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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