Etymology

dilucid

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Today it means: clear or lucid Full definition →

Latin dīlūcidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lowkéyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*loukeō
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lukéh₁yeti
  11. Proto-Italic*l(o)ukēō?
  12. Latinlūceō
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Latinlūcidus
  15. Latindīlūcidus
  16. English todaydilucid

From Latin dilucidus, from dilucere (“to be light enough to tell objects apart”). See lucid.

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