English
luna
Luna comes from Latin lūna ‘moon’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-‘bright’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lówksneh₂‘moon’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*louksnā‘moon’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūna‘moon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907luna
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-‘bright’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lówksneh₂‘moon’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*louksnā‘moon’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūna‘moon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907luna
Earliest quotation: 1907, Dominicanus: “The Bread of Angels is first taken from the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’
light, low, link, los, lucy, lea, ounce, lynx, translucent, illumination, luminous, lucid, illuminate, lux, lumen, luminosity, luce, lumia, loach, leucine, luminescent, lum, luminary, luminal, 76 more
through Latin lūna ‘moon’
Another origin of luna
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*runaŋa‘council, assembly’uncertain
- Hawaiianmodernluna‘leader’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewk- / luna