English
interlucation
Interlucation comes from Latin interlucatio.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterlucatio
- Englishearliest quotation 1664interlucation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterlucatio
- Englishearliest quotation 1664interlucation
Earliest quotation: 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva: “halten the covering of the bark : besides ,…”
Every English word from Latin interlucatio
Today it means
noun The thinning of a forest to let in light.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin interlucatio / interlucation