Where does “entre lusco e fusco” come from?

entre lusco e fusco (Galician) comes from Galician entre, from Galician entrar, from Old Portuguese entrar, from Latin intrare, from Latin intro, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

entre lusco e fusco (Galician): between day and night

Definitions

  1. between day and night

Ancestry of “entre lusco e fusco”, step by step

entre lusco e fusco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician entre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianentrebetween, among; first-person singular present...
2Galicianentrarto enter; first/third-person singular future...
3Old Portugueseentrar
4Latinintrarepresent active infinitive of intrō; second-person...
5LatinintroI enter, go into, penetrate; within
6Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
7Latininterus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
9Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

via Galician lusco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianluscoone-eyed; cross-eyed; blind
2LatinLuscusa cognomen used by the
3Latinluscusone-eyed; with one eye shut; half blind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

via Galician fusco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GalicianfuscoNot shiny; having a matte finish or no particular...
2LatinFuscusswarthy, dusky, dark
3Latinfuscusdark, dim, dimly lit; black, brown; husky, hoarse
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -terosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énterosEvery word from Latin interus