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Where does “lunarlike” come from?

lunarlike (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.

lunarlike (English): As though lunar; moonlike

Definitions

  1. As though lunar; moonlike

Ancestry of “lunarlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlunarOf, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon ;...
2Middle Englishlunarshaped like the crescent moon
3LatinlunarisOf or pertaining to the moon, lunar
4Normanleunemoon; jellyfish
5Old Frenchlunethe Moon
6Latinlūna—
7Old Latinlosna—
8Proto-Italiclouksnā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlówksneh₂moon
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
11Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
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