English
lubric
Lubric comes from Latin lūbricus ‘slippery, slimy’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūbricus‘slippery, slimy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1761lubric
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūbricus‘slippery, slimy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1761lubric
Earliest quotation: 1761, John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall: “His own letter ſent down with the bill canvels…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- ‘to slide, glide’
Today it means
adj Having a smooth surface; slippery.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūbricus / lubric