Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon). · Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate. · Extremely high. · (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon. · An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.
From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).
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