Where does “lusterlessly” come from?
lusterlessly (English) comes from English lusterless, from English luster, from German Lüster, from French lustre, from Middle French lustre, from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō — bright; to shine; to see.
lusterlessly (English): In a lusterless manner
Definitions
- In a lusterless manner
Ancestry of “lusterlessly”, step by step
lusterlessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lusterless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lusterless | Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte... |
| 2 | English | luster | Shine, polish or sparkle; By extension,... |
| 3 | German | Lüster | chandelier |
| 4 | French | lustre | lustrum; period of five years; a very long time;... |
| 5 | Middle French | lustre | lustre; shine |
| 6 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 8 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 9 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 10 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |