Etymology

luce

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Today it means: The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown. Full definition →

Old French lus ← Latin lūcius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlūcius
  2. Old French · derived fromlus
  3. English todayluce

From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchlus all →

lucetmilwell

Latinlūcius all →

lucyLucaLuciuslucet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.