Where does “nonlustrous” come from?
nonlustrous (English) comes from English lustrous, 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.
nonlustrous (English): Not lustrous
Definitions
- Not lustrous
Ancestry of “nonlustrous”, step by step
nonlustrous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lustrous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lustrous | Having a glow or lustre; As if shining with a... |
| 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 |