English
lune
Lune comes from French lune ‘the 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 CEluna‘a moon’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400lune
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘the Moon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984same form
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 CEluna‘a moon’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400lune
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘the Moon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984same form
Earliest quotation: 1984, Thomas Pynchon: “What he worried about was any eventual convexity, a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’
light, low, link, los, lucy, lea, ounce, illumination, illuminate, lynx, translucent, luminous, lucid, lux, lumen, luminosity, luce, lumia, loach, leucine, luminary, lum, luminescent, luminal, 74 more
through Latin luna ‘a moon’
Today it means
noun A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewk- / lune