English Explanatory Dictionary

transluce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent.
  2. To be translucent or transparent, to allow light to shine through.

Word forms

transluce transluces translucing transluced

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Latin trānslūceōbor. ▲ Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent English transluce As if from Latin trānslūceō (“shine through; be translucent”), but perhaps a back-formation from translucent (ultimately from the same Latin verb).

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