Etymology

lucigen

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Today it means: A kind of oil lamp using compressed air. Full definition →

Latin lūx
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlūx“light”
  2. English todaylucigen

Obsolete trade name, from Latin lūx (“light”) + -gen.

Words from the same roots

Latinlūx all →

luxluxonluciformlucigeninlucigraphlucimeterlucule

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