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lucre

Meaninggain

Common meaning: money, especially gained dishonestly

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lu-‘gain, acquire as spoil’source
  2. Latinlucrum, -ī‘gain, profit’
  3. Frenchlucratif
  4. Englishlucre‘money, especially gained dishonestly’ · today

lucr also in: lucrative

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin lucrum ‘gain, profit’.

Roots

Related words

lucrative

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