English
ludibrious
Ludibrious comes from Latin ludibrium ‘mockery, derision’, and goes back to lūdō ‘to play, sport’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdōas ludere‘to play, sport’next step skipped: Latin ludus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludibrium‘mockery, derision’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619ludibrious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdōas ludere‘to play, sport’next step skipped: Latin ludus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludibrium‘mockery, derision’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619ludibrious
Earliest quotation: 1619, Samuel Purchas: “the Souldiers Geniculations, thornie Coronation, and ludibrious Gesticulations”.
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *loidō ‘to play’
through Latin lūdō ‘to play, sport’
illusion, elusive, collusion, prelude, delusion, interlude, ludicrous, elude, allude, collude, allusive, 17 more
Today it means
adj sportive; wanton
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūdō / ludibrious