Etymology

lustsome

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Today it means: Marked or characterised by lust; given to lust; sensual; lustful Full definition →

Middle English lustsum ← Old English *lustsum ← Proto-Germanic *lustusamaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*lustusamaz“delightful, desirous”
  2. Old English · inherited from*lustsum
  3. Middle English · inherited fromlustsum
  4. English todaylustsome

From Middle English lustsum, from Old English *lustsum (attested only in Old English lustsumlīċ (“pleasant, delectable”)), from Proto-Germanic *lustusamaz (“delightful, desirous”), equivalent to lust + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lustsām (“friendly, lovely”), obsolete Dutch lustzaam (“pleasant, beautiful, charming”), obsolete German lustsam (“pleasing, graceful”).

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