Etymology of the English word playboy
the English word
playboyderived from the English word
boyderived from the Old French word
embuiéderived from the Old French word
embuierderived from the English word
playderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dlegh-Derivations in other languages
Italian
playboy, Romanian
play-boyCognates
Dutch
playboy, French
play-boy, German
Playboy, Swedish
playboyUsage
Word found in Modern English
