luna etymology

Latin word luna comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) Ἀλβανοί, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (To lighten, flash with lightning.), Proto-Indo-European - -sneh₂

Detailed word origin of luna

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
Ἀλβανοί Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic (got) To lighten, flash with lightning.
- -sneh₂ Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*lewk- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*lowksneh₂ Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*lówksneh₂ Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) 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.

Words with the same origin as luna

Descendants of Ἀλβανοί
luce lucem lumen lumina lux