The story
- Latin · derived fromluxus“excess”
- French · borrowed fromde luxe“of luxury”
- English todaydeluxe
Borrowed from French de luxe (“of luxury”), from Latin luxus (“excess”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
deluxe
Today it means: Very fine in quality or luxurious. Full definition →
French de luxe ← Latin luxus