Etymograph

English

libido

Libido comes from Latin libīdō ‘lust, desire’, from libet ‘it is pleasing’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- ‘to love, care for, desire’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-‘to love, care for, desire’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*luβētreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElibet‘it is pleasing’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElibīdō‘lust, desire’
  5. Englishtodaylibido

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-‘to love, care for, desire’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*luβētreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElibet‘it is pleasing’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElibīdō‘lust, desire’
  5. Englishtodaylibido

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- ‘to love, care for, desire’

love, left, leave, believe, library, belief, leaf, lodge, lobby, loft, lib, lob, libel, luft, liber, libretto, lief, 17 more

Today it means

noun Sexual urges or drives.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- / libido

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