Where does “lunatic” come from?
lunatic (Romanian) comes from French lunatique, from Italian lunatico, from Latin lūnāticus, 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.
lunatic (Romanian): somnambulist, sleepwalker; dullard, fool,...
Definitions
- somnambulist, sleepwalker; dullard, fool,...
Ancestry of “lunatic”, step by step