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Etymology · Old Italian

lustro

2 English words descend from Old Italian lustro, most common first.

lusterThe ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
lustrateSynonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or (historical) the lustration, quinquennial ritual of the Roman censor to cleanse the city after a census.