Where does “Luas” come from?

Luas (English) comes from Irish luas, from Old Irish lúas — swiftness, speed.

Luas (English): a light railway in Dublin, Ireland

Definitions

  1. a light railway in Dublin, Ireland

Ancestry of “Luas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishluasspeed, velocity; earliness
2Old Irishlúasswiftness, speed
Every word from Old Irish lúas →Every word from Irish luas →