English
luctual
Luctual comes from Latin luctus ‘mourning, sorrow’, and goes back to luctum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctum‘to mourn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElugere
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctus‘mourning, sorrow’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619luctual
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctum‘to mourn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElugere
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctus‘mourning, sorrow’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619luctual
Earliest quotation: 1619, George Buck: “the turbulent and luctuall times, which were to-wards the…”
Every English word from Latin luctum
Today it means
adj Producing grief; saddening.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin luctum / luctual