Etymology of the English word looney
the English word
looneyderived from the English word
lunaticderived from the Old French word
lunatiquederived from the Late Latin word
lunaticusderived from the Latin word
luna (moon; moon; month)
derived from the Classical Latin word
lux (clear; light, daylight, light of day)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leuk- (bright, white light)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
