lust
English
/lʌst/
noun
Definitions
- A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
- (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
- (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
- (obsolete) virility; vigour; active power
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lust inherited from Old English lust (longing, lust, pleasure) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (pleasure).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lustuz
Gloss
pleasure
Kanji
快
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilust English
- blood English
- bloodlust English
- break loose English
- footloose English
- loose English
- loose-handed English
- loosefill English
- loosehead English
- loosejaw English
- looseleaf English
- loosely English
- loosen English
- looseness English
- looseth English
- loosey English
- loosish English
- luscious English
- lustest English
- lusteth English
- lustful English
- lustfully English
- lustfulness English
- lustic English
- lustihead English
- lustihood English
- lustily English
- lustiness English
- lustless English
- lustlessly English
- lustlessness English
- lustsome English
- lustuous English
- lustwort English
- lustworthy English
- lusty English
- outloose English
- overloose English
- overlusty English
- squander English
- squanderlust English
- technolust English
- ultraloose English
- unloose English
- unlust English
- unlustful English
- unlusty English
- wander English
- wanderlust English
- wanderlusting English
- wanderlusty English
- wort English
- lusti Finnish
- Fleischeslust German
- Herzenslust German
- Lust German
- Lustknabe German
- Lustmolch German
- Lustmörder German
- Lustspiel German
- Lustwäldchen German
- Mordlust German
- Ruinenlust German
- Schaulust German
- Streitlust German
- Unlust German
- Wanderlust German
- kampflustig German
- lustgetrieben German
- lustlos German
- streitlustig German
- verlustieren German
- belust Dutch, Flemish
- eetlust Dutch, Flemish
- lust Dutch, Flemish
- lusteloos Dutch, Flemish
- lustig Dutch, Flemish
- lustmoord Dutch, Flemish
- lustmoordenaar Dutch, Flemish
- lustobject Dutch, Flemish
- lustoord Dutch, Flemish
- lustprieel Dutch, Flemish
- moordlust Dutch, Flemish
- strijdlust Dutch, Flemish
- vechtlust Dutch, Flemish
- wellust Dutch, Flemish
- werklust Dutch, Flemish
- *las- Proto-Indo-European
- *lustuz Proto-Germanic
- lust Swedish
- ルーズ Japanese
- firenlust Old English
- lust Old English
- lustbære Old English
- लषति Sanskrit
- loos Middle English
- lust Middle English
- lustful Middle English
- lustles Middle English
- lustsum Middle English
- lusty Middle English
- unlust Middle English
- losti Old Norse
- lyst Old Norse
- lyst Danish
- lystig Danish
- læselyst Danish
- madlyst Danish
- ulyst Danish
- lyst Icelandic
- lystarstol Icelandic
- lystauki Icelandic
- lust Middle Dutch
- lust Old High German
- losti Faroese
- lust Middle High German
- Loscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *lustu gmw-pro
- *lust Old Dutch
- lust Middle Low German
- lüst Middle Low German
- lust Old Saxon
- lyst Old Danish
- wort
- loose
- lusty
- blood
- loosey
- unlust
- loosen
- lustic
- wander
- loosish
- lustful
- lustest
- loosely
- lusteth
- lustily
- unloose
- unlusty
- looseth
- squander
- antilust
- luscious
- outloose
- lustsome
- lustuous
- lustless
- loosejaw
- lustwort
- loosehead
- lustihood
- lustfully
- bloodlust
- lustiness
- looseleaf
- footloose
- looseness
- overlusty
- loosefill
- overloose
- lustihead
- unlustful
- ultraloose
- lustlessly
- technolust
- wanderlust
- lustworthy
- lustfulness
- wanderlusty
- break loose
- lustlessness
- squanderlust
- loose-handed
- wanderlusting