Where does “lustre” come from?
lustre (Middle French) comes from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewkstrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.
lustre (Middle French): lustre; shine
Definitions
- lustre; shine
Ancestry of “lustre”, step by step
lustre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian lustro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 3 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 4 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 5 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via Old Italian lustro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Italian | lustro | — |