Where does “lustereczko” come from?
lustereczko (Polish) comes from Polish lusterko, from Polish lustro, from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewkstrom — bright; to shine; to see.
Ancestry of “lustereczko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | lusterko | handmirror |
| 2 | Polish | lustro | mirror |
| 3 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 5 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 6 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 7 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |