From Luce + dale, named after Gregory N.
Formed from Luce + dale
Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’
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Proto-Italic *louks ‘light’
Latin lūx ‘light’
Latin lūcius ‘a fish, probably the pike’
Old French lus ‘pike (fish)’
English Luce
Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’
Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley’
Old English dæl ‘valley’
Middle English dale ‘a dale or valley’
English dale
The story
From Luce + dale, named after Gregory N.
Today it means
name A city, the county seat of George County, Mississippi, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lucedale
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