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.
Ancestry of “Lucretia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lucrum | profit, advantage; love of gain, avarice |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂w- | to seize, gain; benefit, prize |