Etymology

libido

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Today it means: Sexual urges or drives. Full definition →

Latin libīdō
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromlibīdō“lust, desire”
  2. English todaylibido

Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.