{"id":3932,"date":"2025-06-01T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2025-06-01T13:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:47:01","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-luxurious-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3932","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Luxurious Locks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Luxurious Locks\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-06-01T12:46:10+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M00S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology we unlock connections between the words luxury and lock.\n\n\n\nAs a adjective luxury [\u02c8l\u028ck.\u0283\u0259.\u0279i \/ \u02c8l\u028c\u0261\u0292\u0259\u0279i] can mean:\n\n\n  Very expensive.\n  Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.\n \n \nAs a noun luxury can...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/luxury.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.1\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7329\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3932-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/luxury.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/luxury.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/luxury.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/luxury.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3932-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/luxury.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"luxury.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology we unlock connections between the words <strong>luxury<\/strong> and <strong>lock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rodeime\/7999391410\/in\/photolist-dbSYny-3pKVHP-bBqikn-23c6WUD-6skXho-bpoFyZ-2hDn9ww-dbSXV8-8xLxou-24upcqA-Jiq7NH-2Ao8GR-dbSY8G-71bdNi-4gKJLB-3pKWkF-gXvwjo-nQdwy-dbSUUb-9pZvLZ-Aq5MoC-2ojccAj-7FKR72-6a6Lty-pdJzhx-8R1LV6-csSaPo-6z3z4Y-KCUQi-3o6Uoo-6LNjJB-dBXBkS-21Dz8vy-cF6jY-JwM1mU-e83Da6-2ivcrUN-2D6kNy-aJrZvV-9wKu1m-bcLobv-atJ4b8-e83D8X-2qjMhvH-591tWM-e83D82-Aq5RLf-em1X22-e83Da8-7TR98x\" title=\"Sofitel So Bangkok - Wood Element Room - 01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8297\/7999391410_7b7b9abe01_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" alt=\"Sofitel So Bangkok - Wood Element Room - 01\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As a adjective <strong>luxury<\/strong> [\u02c8l\u028ck.\u0283\u0259.\u0279i \/ \u02c8l\u028c\u0261\u0292\u0259\u0279i] can mean:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very expensive.<\/li>\n<li>Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a noun <strong>luxury<\/strong> can mean:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.<\/li>\n<li>Something desirable but expensive.<\/li>\n<li>Something that is pleasant but not necessary in life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <em>luxurie<\/em> [\u02c8luksjuri(\u0259)] (lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction; copulation), from Old French <em>luxur(i)e<\/em> (lust), from Latin <em>l\u016bxuria <\/em> (luxury, extravangance, lust), from <em>l\u016bxus<\/em> (a dislocation, extravagance, luxury, excess, debauchery, pomp, splendor), from Proto-Italic <em>*luksos<\/em>, from Proto-Indo-European <em>*lewg-<\/em> (to bend, twist) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/luxury\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>lock<\/strong>, <strong>locket<\/strong> and <strong>reluctant<\/strong> in English, <strong>lok<\/strong> (lock of hair) in Dutch, <strong>Loch<\/strong> (hole, perforation, pit, gap, cavity, dungeon) in German, <strong>lujuria<\/strong> (lust, excess)  and <strong>luchar<\/strong> (to fight, battle, struggle, strive) in Spanish, and <strong>gollwng<\/strong> (to releasse, drop, leak) in Welsh [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/lewg-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, one word for <strong>luxury<\/strong> in Old English was <em>firenlust \/ fyrnlust<\/em> [\u02c8fi.ren\u02cclust] which also means sinful lust, sinful pleasure, or extravagance, and comes from <em>firen<\/em> (crime, sin, torment, suffering) and <em>lust<\/em> (desire, pleasure, appetite, lust) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/firenlust\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/podbay.fm\/p\/radio-omniglot\">Podbay<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">Podtail<\/a> and other pod places.<\/p>\n<p>The theme tune for this podcast is <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/the-unexpected-badger\">The Unexpected Badger \/ Y Mochyn Daear Annisgwyl<\/a>, a piece I wrote and recorded in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/339162597&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; 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As a adjective luxury [\u02c8l\u028ck.\u0283\u0259.\u0279i \/ \u02c8l\u028c\u0261\u0292\u0259\u0279i] can mean: Very expensive. Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent. As a noun luxury can mean: Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings. Something desirable but expensive. 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