Etymograph

English

lustral

Lustral comes from Latin lūstrālis ‘relating to purification, lustral’, and goes back to Old Latin *loustrom.

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*loustromreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūstrum‘purificatory sacrifice’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūstrālis‘relating to purification, lustral’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1881lustral

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*loustromreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūstrum‘purificatory sacrifice’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūstrālis‘relating to purification, lustral’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1881lustral

Earliest quotation: 1881, James Thomson: “So the men change along my changeless stream, And…”

Linked words

through Latin lūstrum ‘purificatory sacrifice’

illustration, illustrious, luster, 5 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.

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

Etymograph / Old Latin *loustrom / lustral

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