alustro

Galician

alustros

Etymology

From Latin lūstrō (“I purify; I illuminate”) from Latin lūstrum (“sacrifice”); or rather from Proto-Celtic *lowkstro-, from Proto-Celtic *lowko- (“bright, light”):^[1] confer Welsh lluched (“lightning”) and North Catalan llaucet.^[2] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈlustɾo̝/

Noun

alustro m (plural alustros)

lightning
flash of lightning

Synonyms

apago, lóstrego, relampo

Derived terms

alustrar (“to lightning”)

Related terms

lóstrego

References

“alustro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“alustro” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“alustro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

↑ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 195-196 – via De Gruyter.
↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. lustre.

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