lujo

/ˈluxo/ · B1 · noun · m

luxury

💎 lujo and luxury share one Latin root: luxus, meaning excess

Latin luxus meant excess or extravagance. Spanish wore it down to lujo, while English kept more of it in luxury and luxurious. Drop the -ury from lux-ury, swap x for j, and you get lujo.

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