Lunar etymology

English

English word lunar comes from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-, and later Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (Moon.)

Etymology of lunar

Detailed word origin of lunar

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*lewk- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*lowksneh₂ Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*lewksnā Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*lówksneh₂ Proto-Indo-European (ine) Moon.
*louksnā Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
losna Old Latin (itc-ola)
luna Latin (lat) (figuratively) a month. (figuratively) a night. A crescent shape. The Moon.
lunaris Latin (lat) Of or pertaining to the moon, lunar.
lunaire Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm)
lunar English (en) (anatomy) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus.. (astronomy) A lunar distance. (alchemy) Of, or pertaining to, silver.. Crescent-shaped, lunate.. Influenced by a moon or moons, as in growth, character, or properties.. Of, or pertaining to, Luna, the moon of Terra; Lunar.. Of, or pertaining to, a moon; moonly.. Resembling Luna or another moon; orbed.

Words with the same origin as lunar

Descendants of *lewk-

delight intimacy leigh light moonlight