Where does “lunar” come from?

lunar (Middle English) comes from Latin lunaris, from Norman leune, from Old French lune, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European lówksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ- — bright; to shine; to see.

lunar (Middle English): shaped like the crescent moon

Definitions

  1. shaped like the crescent moon

Ancestry of “lunar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlunarisOf or pertaining to the moon, lunar
2Normanleunemoon; jellyfish
3Old Frenchlunethe Moon
4Latinlūna—
5Old Latinlosna—
6Proto-Italiclouksnāmoon
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlówksneh₂moon
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

Words derived from “lunar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lówksneh₂ →