luna

luna · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromlūna“moon; month; crescent”
2. English todayluna

Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”).

luna · noun²

1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromluna“leader; supervisor”
2. English todayluna

From Hawaiian luna (“leader; supervisor”).

Luna · proper noun, noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lówksneh₂
2. Latin · derived fromlūna/Lūna
3. Middle English · inherited fromlune
4. English todayLuna

From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 19th c. A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.