Etymograph

English

lumine

Lumine comes from Latin illūminō ‘to illuminate, light up, brighten’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-‘bright’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*léwksmn̥reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*louksmənreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūmen‘light, source of light’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūminō‘to illuminate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEillūminō‘to illuminate, light up, brighten’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lūminen
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1944lumine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-‘bright’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*léwksmn̥reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*louksmənreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūmen‘light, source of light’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūminō‘to illuminate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEillūminō‘to illuminate, light up, brighten’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lūminen
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1944lumine

Earliest quotation: 1944, The Lamp: “When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

light, low, los, link, ounce, lucy, lea, lunar, luna, lynx, translucent, lucid, lux, luce, loach, leucine, lune, lum, 79 more

through Latin lūmen ‘light, source of light’

lumen, lumia, 22 more

through Latin illūminō ‘to illuminate, light up, brighten’

illumination, illuminate, 2 more

Today it means

verb To illuminate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewk- / lumine

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