Where does “Lucia” come from?

Lucia comes from Old French Lucie, a feminine form ultimately derived from the Latin name Lucía, which may relate to words meaning light.

Lucia (English): Lucy

Definitions

  1. Lucy

Ancestry of “Lucia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLuciaLucy
2LatinLuciusa fish, probably the pike
3Latinluxlight; daylight, day, moonlight; life
4Proto-Italicloukslight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

Words derived from “Lucia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic louks →