Etymograph

English

lushness

From lush + -ness.

A compound of lush + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *lēy- ‘to let’

Proto-Germanic *laskuz

Proto-West Germanic *laskwī̆

Old English *lysċ

Middle English lusch ‘slack, relaxed, limp, loose’

English lush

Today it means

noun The property of being lush.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lushness