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Where does the word "lunar" come from? It comes from Latin luna, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "lunar" come from? It comes from Latin luna, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Lunar’s story begins in Latin: luna meant “the moon.” The root of 'lunatic', since madness was blamed on the moon. It reached English by 1400s as lunar. Settled as the English word for anything relating to the moon. Today, lunar means relating to the moon.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient luna "the moon", the root of 'lunatic', since madness was blamed on the moon.
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s lunar "relating to the moon", settled as the English word for anything relating to the moon.