English
ludibund
Ludibund comes from Latin ludibundus ‘playful, sportive, frolicsome, wanton’, and goes back to lūdō ‘play’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdō‘play’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludibundus‘playful, sportive, frolicsome, wanton’
- Englishtodayludibund
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdō‘play’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludibundus‘playful, sportive, frolicsome, wanton’
- Englishtodayludibund
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *loidō ‘to play’
through Latin lūdō ‘play’
illusion, elusive, collusion, delusion, prelude, ludicrous, interlude, elude, allude, collude, allusive, 17 more
Today it means
adj sportive, playful, frolicsome
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūdō / ludibund