Where does “lyster” come from?
lyster (Swedish) comes from French lustre, from Middle French lustre, 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.
lyster (Swedish): lustre, glitter, polish, shine; have lust to,...
Definitions
- lustre, glitter, polish, shine; have lust to,...
Ancestry of “lyster”, step by step
lyster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French lustre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lustre | lustrum; period of five years; a very long time;... |
| 2 | Middle French | lustre | lustre; shine |
| 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 |