Where does “luctor” come from?

luctor (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

luctor (Latin): I struggle, wrestle, fight

Definitions

  1. I struggle, wrestle, fight

Ancestry of “luctor”, step by step

luctor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

via Latin ēluctor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēluctorto struggle out of

Words derived from “luctor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →