Where does “lustrelessly” come from?
lustrelessly (English) comes from English lustreless, from English lustre, from Middle French lustre, from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom — bright; to shine; to see.
lustrelessly (English): Alternative spelling of lusterlessly
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of lusterlessly
Ancestry of “lustrelessly”, step by step
lustrelessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lustreless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lustreless | Alternative spelling of lusterless |
| 2 | English | lustre | Alternative form of luster; The way in which the... |
| 3 | Middle French | lustre | lustre; shine |
| 4 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 6 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 7 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 8 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |