English
lubrifaction
Lubrifaction comes from Latin lūbricus ‘slippery’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūbricus‘slippery’
- Englishtodaylubrifaction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūbricus‘slippery’
- Englishtodaylubrifaction
The story
Formed in English from the root of Latin lūbricus (‘slippery’) + -faction.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- ‘to slide, glide’
Today it means
noun Lubrication.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūbricus / lubrifaction