Where does “Lukes” come from?
Lukes is the plural of Luke, from Late Latin Lūcās, from Greek Loukās, of uncertain origin.
Ancestry of “Lukes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Luke | a given name |
| 2 | Latin | Lūcās | Luke the Evangelist |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Λουκᾶς | man from Lucania |
| 4 | Latin | Lucius | a fish, probably the pike |
| 5 | Latin | lux | light; daylight, day, moonlight; life |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | louks | light |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |