English
lucid
Lucid comes from Latin lūcidus ‘clear, bright, shining, full of light’, and goes back to lūceō ‘shine’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūceō‘shine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūcidus‘clear, bright, shining, full of light’
- Englishearliest quotation 1837lucid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūceō‘shine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūcidus‘clear, bright, shining, full of light’
- Englishearliest quotation 1837lucid
Earliest quotation: 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Fête: “The atmosphere was unusually clear, as if loath to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’
light, low, link, los, ounce, lea, lunar, lucy, luna, illumination, illuminate, lynx, luminous, lux, lumen, luminosity, lumia, loach, lucerne, luce, luminescent, lum, luminary, lune, luminal, leucine, 73 more
through Latin lūceō ‘shine’
Today it means
adj Clear; easily understood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūceō / lucid