English
lues
Lues comes from Latin lues ‘plague’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElues‘plague’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElues‘plague’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819same form
Earliest quotation: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan: “And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is—…”
Linked words
through Latin luō ‘wash’
Today it means
noun A plague or disease.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lues / lues