Where does “ilustrat” come from?
ilustrat (Romanian) comes from French illustre, from Latin illūstris, from Latin illustro, 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.
ilustrat (Romanian): illustrated
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ilustrat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | illustre | illustrious; inflection of illustrer: ##... |
| 2 | Latin | illūstris | bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous |
| 3 | Latin | illustro | I illuminate, brighten, light up; I elucidate,... |
| 4 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 5 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 6 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |