Etymograph

English

luxurious

Luxurious comes from Latin lū̆xuriōsus ‘rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate’, and goes back to lū̆xus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xus‘extravagance, luxury’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xuria‘rankness, luxury’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xuriōsus‘rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400luxurios
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500luxurious‘Lusty, lascivious’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1856same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xus‘extravagance, luxury’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xuria‘rankness, luxury’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xuriōsus‘rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400luxurios
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500luxurious‘Lusty, lascivious’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1856same form

Earliest quotation: 1856, George P. Marsh: “Invalids, and luxurious persons, require more artificial arrangements for…”

Equivalent to luxury + -ous

Latin luxus ‘extravagance, luxury’

Latin luxuria ‘rankness, luxury’

Old French luxurie

Middle English luxurie ‘lustfulness’

English luxury

Linked words

through Latin lū̆xus ‘extravagance, luxury’

deluxe, luxe, 5 more

Today it means

adj Very fine in quality and comfortable.

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

Etymograph / Latin lū̆xus / luxurious

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