Etymograph

English

Luca

Luca comes from Latin Lūcās, and goes back to Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΛουκᾶςLoukâs
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELūcās
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentLuca
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2000same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΛουκᾶςLoukâs
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELūcās
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentLuca
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2000same form

Earliest quotation: 2000, Trezza Azzopardi, Waiting: “This is my bedroom, and Luca’s, and Fran’s, and…”

The story

As a female given name, used in Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian as an equivalent of Lucy (ultimately of same origin, from Latin Lūcia f), but English usage is influenced by the male given name, similar Lucas, Luke, and the feminine ending -a.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς

Today it means

name A male given name from Italian, borrowed in the 2000s.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς / Luca

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