Etymograph

English

translucid

Translucid comes from Latin trānslūcidus ‘translucent’, from trānslūceō ‘to shine or show through’, and ultimately from lūceō ‘to be light, clear’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūceō1‘to be light, clear’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānslūceō1‘to shine or show through’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānslūcidus1‘translucent’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1627translucid1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English translucid
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1627, IX. Century.: “The cause is , for that in anger the…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūceōWiktionary, English translucid‘to be light, clear’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānslūceōWiktionary, English translucid‘to shine or show through’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānslūcidusWiktionary, English translucid‘translucent’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1627translucidWiktionary, English translucid. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1627, IX. Century.: “The cause is , for that in anger the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

light, low, link, los, ounce, lucy, lunar, lea, luna, illumination, illuminate, lux, luminous, lynx, lumen, luminosity, lumia, luce, loach, lum, lune, luminescent, luminary, leucine, luminal, 73 more

through Latin lūceō ‘to be light, clear’

lucent, lucidity, 10 more

Today it means

adj Translucent.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “translucid”. 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.

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