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luego (Adverb) "soon," "then," "later" 10th cent. From Latin loco "at the time," ablative form of locus "place." Old Latin stlocus. From Proto-Italic *steloko- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *stel- "to place" with an unknown suffix *-oko-. Indo-European Romance Asturian lueu, French louer, Italian locare Basque Basque leku "place" (borrowed from *lueko in a Romance language) Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lugar m. (Noun) "place;" "room" 10th cent. Old Spanish locar. From Late Latin localis 'id.,' from Latin locus "place" (see luego). Indo-European Romance Asturian llugar, Portuguese lugar, Galician lugar, Catalan locar, French local Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
luna f. (Noun) "moon" 10th cent. From Latin luna 'id.' Old Latin losna. From Proto-Italic *louksnā- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *leu̯k-s-nh₂- "bright." From the root *leu̯k- "to shine" (see luz). Also the origin of the surname Luna, indicating that the person hailed from one of the towns called Luna (there is one in Zaragoza, Alava, Albacete, and Leon). Indo-European Romance Asturian lluna, Portuguese lua, Galician lúa, Catalan lluna, French lune, Italian luna, Aromanian lunã, Romanian lunã, Sardinian luna Celtic Old Irish lúain "Monday" Balto-Slavic Old Prussian lauxnos "stars" Hellenic Ancient Greek λύχνος (lyk^hnos) "lamp" Indo-Iranian Avestan raoxšna- "light" At a very late date of Proto-Indo-European in the north-west we see a pre-form *louk-s-neh₂- develop meaning "moon." This replaced the older Proto-Indo-European name for the moon based on "to measure" *meh₁-, as the month was marked in moons. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
lupa f. (Noun) "magnifying glass" 14th cent. Borrowed from French loupe 'id.' The earlier meaning in Middle French was "imperfectly transparent gem," which itself evolved from an older meaning of "iron clod." From Frankish *luppa "lump." Of unknown origin. Indo-European Germanic Old English lobbe "spider," Frisian lobbe "lump of flesh" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
luz f. (Noun) "light" 13th cent. From Latin lux 'id.' From Proto-Italic *louk- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *leu̯k- "to shine." Indo-European Romance Asturian lluza, Portuguese luz, Galician luz, Italian luce, Sardinian luche Germanic Gothic liuhaþ "light," Old Norse ljóss "bright," Old High German lioht "light," Old English lēoht 'id.' (English light) Balto-Slavic Russian luč "ray," Czech louč "torch," Slovene lúč "light (from a fire)," Old Prussian luckis "torch" Hellenic Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós) "light" Armenian Armenian lowc'anem "to lighten" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit rócate "to shine," Young Avestan raocaiia- "to make shine" Tocharian A luk- "to shine," B luk- 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.