Wordiyo
Vocabulary
Learn
My WordsPricing
Wordiyo

Build your English vocabulary systematically through word roots and etymology.

Explore

  • Vocabulary
  • Roots
  • My Words

Learn

  • Guides
  • Read

Company

  • About Us
  • Pricing
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

© 2026 Wordiyo.

  1. Home
  2. /All Roots
  3. /luc

luc

Latin

Variants

luclux

Related Roots

--

About This Root

From Latin lūx, lūcis (light) and lūcēre (to shine). Produces words about clarity and light: lucid (clear, bright), translucent (letting light through), pellucid (completely clear), and lucubrate (to work by lamplight, hence to study intensely). The name Lucifer literally means 'light-bearer.'

Associated Words

lucid

Clearly expressed and easy to understand; mentally clear

IELTSGREC2

lucubrate

To study or work diligently late at night; to write in a scholarly manner

GRE

pellucid

Transparent; clear and easy to understand

GREC2

translucent

Allowing light through but not transparent; semi-transparent

IELTSTOEFLGRE