Etymograph

English

lutrine

Lutrine comes from Latin lūtra ‘otter’, and goes back to luō ‘wash’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluō1‘wash’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūtra1‘otter’
  3. Englishtodaylutrine1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English lutrine

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluōWiktionary, English lutrine‘wash’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūtraWiktionary, English lutrine‘otter’
  3. EnglishtodaylutrineWiktionary, English lutrine

Linked words

through Latin luō ‘wash’

so, solution, solve, sol, resolute, 12 more

Today it means

adj Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “lutrine”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin luō / lutrine

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