luxury
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | Date: 1996
luxury †lasciviousness XIV; use of and indulgence in choice or costly things XVII; means of such indulgence XVIII. — OF.
luxurie, var. of
luxure — L.
luxuria, f.
luxus abundance, sumptuous enjoyment, perh. the noun corr. to
luxus (see prec.) and meaning orig. ‘excess’.
So luxuriant prolific XVI; profusely growing, etc. XVII. — prp. of L.
luxuriāre grow rank (whence luxuriate XVII). luxurious †lascivious, †excessive XIV; self indulgent XVII.
© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996.
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