English
luteous
Luteous comes from Latin lūteus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūteus
- Englishearliest quotation 1856luteous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūteus
- Englishearliest quotation 1856luteous
Earliest quotation: 1856, Thomas Brinsley Norton Grantley, The Dead Priest: “And men wept sorely,—for his voice had smoothed /…”
Every English word from Latin lūteus
Today it means
adj Yellowish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūteus / luteous