English

Lunite

From Lun(a) (“the Moon”) + -ite.

Formed from Luna ‘the Moon’ + -ite

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ ‘moon’

Proto-Italic *louksnā ‘moon’

Latin lūna ‘moon’

English Luna

Today it means

noun Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).

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