Etymograph

English

deluxe

Deluxe comes from French de luxe ‘of luxury’, and goes back to Latin luxus ‘excess’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluxus1‘excess’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentde luxe1‘of luxury’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1925deluxe1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English deluxe
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, Daily Novelette: Two of a Kind: “I have here, sir,” he said, “one of the…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluxusWiktionary, English deluxe‘excess’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentde luxeWiktionary, English deluxe‘of luxury’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1925deluxeWiktionary, English deluxe. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, Daily Novelette: Two of a Kind: “I have here, sir,” he said, “one of the…”

Linked words

through Latin luxus ‘excess’

luxury, luxurious, luxuriant, luxuriate, 3 more

Today it means

adj Very fine in quality or luxurious.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “deluxe”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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