Etymograph

English

Lusus

Lusus comes from Latin Lūsus, and goes back to lūdō ‘to play’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdō‘to play’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELūsus
  3. EnglishtodayLusus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdō‘to play’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELūsus
  3. EnglishtodayLusus

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *loidō ‘to play’

delude, 17 more

through Latin lūdō ‘to play’

illusion, prelude, collusion, elusive, ludicrous, delusion, interlude, elude, allude, collude, allusive, 18 more

Today it means

name The supposed son or companion of Bacchus, god of wine and divine madness, to whom Portuguese national mythology attributed the foundation of ancient Lusitania and the fatherhood of the Lusitanians.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin lūdō / Lusus

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