luz

Portuguese

/luʃ/, /lu(j)s/, /lu(j)ʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • light medium within which vision is possible
  • light; light source object that emits light
  • (figurative) light; enlightenment knowledge about things as they really are
  • (colloquial) electricity

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese luz inherited from Latin lūcem inherited from Proto-Italic *louks.

Origin

Proto-Italic

*louks

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