lunate
‘shape of a crescent’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. lunatus ‘half-moon shaped’ < Lat. luna ‘moon, goddess of the moon’ < leuksna- < loo < leuk- < Tamil el
lunate
‘shape of a crescent’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. lunatus ‘half-moon shaped’ < Lat. luna ‘moon, goddess of the moon’ < leuksna- < loo < leuk- < Tamil el
English words derived from Tamil el connoting ‘rising’