Where does “Lucille” come from?

Lucille is an English feminine given name derived from French Lucille, which comes from Latin Lucilla, a diminutive of Lucius, ultimately from Latin lux meaning light.

Ancestry of “Lucille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLucille—
2LatinLucilla—
3Latinluciusa fish, probably the pike
4Latinlūxlight (of the sun, stars etc.)
5Proto-Italicloukslight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

Words derived from “Lucille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →