English
lotion
Lotion comes from Latin lōtiōnem.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElōtiōnem
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500locion‘a pharmaceutical ointment’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005lotion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElōtiōnem
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500locion‘a pharmaceutical ointment’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005lotion
Earliest quotation: 2005, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace: “Grace lotions her arms and legs and joins him…”
Every English word from Latin lōtiōnem
Today it means
noun A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lōtiōnem / lotion