Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene. · The Earth's Moon. · A female given name from Latin.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryArgent (silver), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets. · Silver.
From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionluneenm
- Derivation mentionlūna/Lūnala
- Derivation mention*lówksneh₂ine-pro
- Doublet mentionLuaen
- Doublet mentionRoxaneen
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "lune"
},
"expansion": "Middle English lune"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "lūna/Lūna"
},
"expansion": "Latin lūna/Lūna"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lówksneh₂"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂"
},
{
"name": "doublet",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Lua",
"3": "Roxane"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Lua and Roxane"
}
],
"links": [
[
"lune",
"lune#Middle_English"
],
[
"luna",
"luna#Middle_English"
],
[
"lūna",
"luna#Latin"
],
[
"Lūna",
"Luna#Latin"
],
[
"*lówksneh₂",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lówksneh₂"
],
[
"Lua",
"Lua#English"
],
[
"Roxane",
"Roxane#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "name",
"glosses": [
"The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.",
"The Earth's Moon.",
"A female given name from Latin."
],
"tags": [
"Roman",
"poetic"
],
"recordId": "8f095ed9fcb79da198d8dda1c319d2574fcfa2bc3b4601a2c2e61154991db0ae",
"rawRecordSha256": "035915c6bc917dff9bb496bbe26460111c3a19ee368ecf97bbb1e9b25ab70b82",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 328982
},
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"Argent (silver), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.",
"Silver."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"uncountable",
"obsolete"
],
"recordId": "fc18dac427bff0afce7cc0d5d0ca8d95b933af6a788e4c9e7dba83913558bfbb",
"rawRecordSha256": "6be12b5b25c0d5bcda1cd059582c8a818741f7cca30f7b452f0644bd131d414b",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 328983
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}