Where does “Lüsterklemme” come from?
Lüsterklemme (German) comes from German Lüster, from French 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.
Lüsterklemme (German): terminal strip, lustre terminal, luster terminal, screw terminal, connector strip, chocolate block
Definitions
- terminal strip, lustre terminal, luster terminal, screw terminal, connector strip, chocolate block
Ancestry of “Lüsterklemme”, step by step
Lüsterklemme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lüster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lüster | chandelier |
| 2 | French | lustre | lustrum; period of five years; a very long time;... |
| 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 |