Where does “Lucy” come from?
Lucy comes from Old French Lucie, a feminine form derived from the Latin name Lucia.
Lucy (English): derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius
Definitions
- derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius
Ancestry of “Lucy”, step by step
Lucy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lucia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Lucia | Lucy |
| 2 | Latin | Lucia | Lucy |
| 3 | Latin | Lucius | a fish, probably the pike |
| 4 | Latin | lux | light; daylight, day, moonlight; life |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | louks | light |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via Latin lucius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lucius | a fish, probably the pike |
| 2 | Latin | lūx | light (of the sun, stars etc.) |
Words derived from “Lucy”