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Etymology and origin of the Romanian word luminăciune

Confidence
Probable
Formation
Derivation
First attested
a psalter version quoted by the DLR
Ultimate origin
Latin lūmen
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Romanian lumină
Romanian lumina
Romanian luminăciune
From the same root
Romanian luminos ← lumină

Forms

luminăciune f (plural luminăciuni)[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian lumina + -ciune; the DLR names the suffix ⟨-iciune⟩.[2][1] Wiktionary allows a Latin source as well, Vulgar Latin *lūminātiō, from lūminō (“to light up”), and Scriban derived it from lūminātiō.[1][3] The Latin verb is formed on lūmen (“light”).[1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The DLR quotes it from one of the psalter versions compared in Candrea's edition of the Psaltirea Scheiană, where it renders “the light of thy face”, said of God;[3] Scriban attributes the word to Dosoftei.[2][3]

Semantic evolution

The word stayed rare and religious, a “shining, light” of the divine.[2] Scriban defines it as the action of lighting.[3]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (obsolete, rare) radiance, light, said of God.[2][1]
  2. (obsolete) the act of lighting, illumination.[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. luminăciune
  3. ^ a b c d e Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 760
  4. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cite this entry

“Luminăciune.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/lumin%C4%83ciune. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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