- prodigality (n.)[prodigality 词源字典]
- mid-14c., from Old French prodigalite (13c., Modern French prodigalité) and directly from Medieval Latin prodigalitatem (nominative prodigalitas) "wastefulness," from Latin prodigialis, from prodigus "wasteful" (see prodigal).[prodigality etymology, prodigality origin, 英语词源]