Where does “lunar caustic” come from?
lunar caustic (English) comes from English lunar, from Middle English lunar, from Latin lunaris, from Norman leune, from Old French lune, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic louksnā — bright; to shine; to see.
lunar caustic (English): Silver nitrate fused into a stick and used for cauterizing and as a disinfectant before modern antibiotics
Definitions
- Silver nitrate fused into a stick and used for cauterizing and as a disinfectant before modern antibiotics
Ancestry of “lunar caustic”, step by step
lunar caustic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lunar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lunar | Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon) |
| 2 | Middle English | lunar | shaped like the crescent moon |
| 3 | Latin | lunaris | Of or pertaining to the moon, lunar |
| 4 | Norman | leune | moon; jellyfish |
| 5 | Old French | lune | the Moon |
| 6 | Latin | lūna | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | losna | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | louksnā | moon |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lówksneh₂ | moon |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via English caustic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caustic | Capable of burning, corroding or destroying... |
| 2 | Italian | caustico | caustic; scathing |
| 3 | Latin | causticus | burning |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | καυστικός | burning |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |