English
lustrum
Lustrum comes from Latin lūstrum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūstrum
- Englishearliest quotation 1742–1745lustrum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūstrum
- Englishearliest quotation 1742–1745lustrum
Earliest quotation: 1742–1745, Edward Young, Death: “We puſh Time from us, and we wiſh Him…”
Linked words
through Latin lūstrum
Today it means
noun A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūstrum / lustrum