English word lunar comes from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-, and later Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (Moon.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*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. |