Etymograph

English

lascious

Lascious comes from Latin lascīviōsus ‘lascivious, playful, unrestrained, wanton’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lh₂s-ko- ‘desirous’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lh₂s-ko-‘desirous’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lasko-reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElascīvus‘wanton, playful, frisky’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElascīvia‘wantonness, jollity’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElascīviōsus‘lascivious, playful, unrestrained, wanton’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1601lascious

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lh₂s-ko-‘desirous’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lasko-reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElascīvus‘wanton, playful, frisky’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElascīvia‘wantonness, jollity’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElascīviōsus‘lascivious, playful, unrestrained, wanton’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1601lascious

Earliest quotation: 1601, Caius Plinius Secundus [i.e., (please specify |book=I to XXXVII): “to depaint lascious wantonnesse”.

Equivalent to lascīvus + -i- + -ous

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂s-ko-

Today it means

adj loose or lustful

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lh₂s-ko- / lascious

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