Etymology

lustre

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Today it means: UK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.). Full definition →

Middle French lustre
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lustre · noun, verb1

  1. Middle French · derived fromlustre
  2. English todaylustre

From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).

lustre · noun2

  1. Old Latin · derived from*loustrom
  2. Latin · derived fromlustrum
  3. Middle English · inherited fromlustre
  4. English todaylustre

From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum.

lustre · noun3

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from*δύστρον“place animals wallow”
  2. Latin · derived fromlustra“wilds, woods”
  3. English todaylustre

From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”), thought to derive from unattested *dustrum, from unattested Ancient Greek *δύστρον (*dústron, “place animals wallow”), from δύω (dúō, “to plunge, to wallow”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchlustre all →

lusterlustrate

Middle Englishlustre all →

Latinlustrum all →

lusterlustrum

Old Latin*loustrom all →

Latinlustra all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.