Luna
English
/ˈlunə/
proper noun
Definitions
- The name of Earth's moon.
- (Roman god) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
- (alchemy) Silver.
Etymology
Derived from Latin lūna (moon, Moon, month, crescent) inherited from Middle English lune.
Origin
Middle English
lune
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- luna English
- lunanaut English
- illunis Latin
- interlunium Latin
- lunaris Latin
- lunaticus Latin
- lunula Latin
- lūna Latin
- lūnāticus Latin
- Laune German
- luna Italian
- luim Dutch, Flemish
- Luna Spanish, Castilian
- luna Spanish, Castilian
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewksnā Proto-Indo-European
- ルナ Japanese
- lune Middle English
- lune Old French
- lună Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Lunaria Translingual
- lũa Old Portuguese
- lūne Middle Low German
- lunã Aromanian
- lua Occitan
- *louksnā Proto-Italic
- glina Romansh
- lluna Asturian
- lune Friulian
- luna Old Occitan
- luna Sicilian
- łuna Venetian
- Lun Breton
- lùnn-a Ligurian
- lünn-a Ligurian
- loina Dalmatian
- luna Neapolitan
- losna Old Latin
- luna Aragonese
- lurĕ Istro-Romanian