I have it on reasonably good authority (though a long ago one) that voluptuous and volunteer have their origins in the same word. I can’t remember what that word is, but I always thought this information was amusing. I’m sharing this tidbit after forty years.
ok, perhaps you should have said it, or something similiar to it, but if you’re taken by your choice, then you did the right thing by holding your tongue…
Beat me to the search. A source I often use is etymonline.com
voluptuous
c.1374, “of desires or appetites,” from O.Fr. voluptueux, from L. voluptuosus “full of pleasure, delightful,” from voluptas “pleasure, delight,” from volup “pleasurably,” perhaps ultimately related to velle “to wish,” from PIE *wol-/*wel- “be pleasing” (see will (v.)). Meaning “addicted to sensual pleasure” is recorded from c.1440. Sense of “suggestive of sensual pleasure” is attested from 1816 (Byron); especially in ref. to feminine beauty from 1839. Voluptuary “one addicted to sensuous pleasures” is attested from 1610.
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Words that are all inter-related, according to etymonline.com:
parole
parable
parabola
parlay
parley
parlor
parlance
palaver