Where does “lustragerie” come from?
lustragerie (Romanian) comes from Romanian lustragiu, from Romanian lustru, from French lustre, from Middle French lustre, from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum — bright; to shine; to see.
lustragerie (Romanian): shoeshiner's shop
Definitions
- shoeshiner's shop
Ancestry of “lustragerie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lustragiu | shoeshiner |
| 2 | Romanian | lustru | shine, gloss |
| 3 | French | lustre | lustrum; period of five years; a very long time;... |
| 4 | Middle French | lustre | lustre; shine |
| 5 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 7 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 8 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 9 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |