The story
- Old Italian · derived fromlustro
- Middle French · derived fromlustre
- Latin · derived fromlustrātus“lustrated”
- English todaylustrate
From Latin lustrātus (“lustrated”), perfect passive participle of lustrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lustrum (“ritual purification”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), q.v. In reference to imparting luster, further via senses of Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.