Where does “Lucretia” come from?

Lucretia comes from Latin Lucretia, a feminine form derived from Latin lucrum meaning profit or gain, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European instrumental and agent noun suffixes.

Lucretia (English): The feminine form of Lucretius

Definitions

  1. The feminine form of Lucretius

Ancestry of “Lucretia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlucrumprofit, advantage; love of gain, avarice
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂w-to seize, gain; benefit, prize
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂w- →Every word from Latin lucrum →