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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Lucille | — |
| 2 | Latin | Lucilla | — |
| 3 | Latin | lucius | a fish, probably the pike |
| 4 | Latin | lūx | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | louks | light |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
Words derived from “Lucille”