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lumbus.

loins; loins as the seat of sexual excitement;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɫʊm.bʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈlum.bus]

  1. loin

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. lumbar

    Late-Latin · declension-2 · masculine

  3. genitals

    declension-2 · in-plural · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“to enter, penetrate, expand”), cognate with Old English lynd (“fat, grease”), lendenu (“loins”), Proto-Slavic *lędvьje (“loins”), Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra, “fissure”). The expected outcome of *-ndʰ- in Latin is /-nd-/: the /b/ can be explained as a secondary development from /dw/ (as in bonus) in a form *londwo-, which De Vaan derives from the u-stem *lendʰu-. Sihler instead suggests that the /b/ can be explained by borrowing from Oscan-Umbrian. Alternatively, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *lundwuz (“loin, kidney fat”) is also a possibility.

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