luna(moon)
The ancient word for moon is "Luna" and comes from the ancient romes. the romes thought the moon was a goddess when they saw its beauty, and named it Luna. another word from that category is "lunar". we use its meaning today (of the moon) to label Lunar Eclipses.
the word anger originates from Latin
The English equivalent of the Latin word luna is moon. By extension, the word may go on to mean a 'night', or a 'month'. Additionally, the word describes a crescent-shaped ornament that Roman senators wore on their shoes. And the word is applied to the goddess of the moon, who is Selene and then Artemis in the earlier, ancient, classical Greek; and Luna and then Diana in ancient, classical Latin.
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Lunar comes from Luna (Moon in Latin)
"Luna" is the Latin word for "moon."
It comes from the Latin word for moon, luna.
The word lunar refers to something that is of or pertaining to the moon. It comes from "luna" which is the Latin word for the moon.
In Germanic languages (including English) the name of the moon does not refer to a Roman god. She was Luna, which we see in Italian luna or French lune.However, there are derivatives of Luna in English: lunarexpeditions, lunatic (meaning moonstruck).
The latin translation for sun would be sol and the translation for moon would be luna. Sun and moon translated to latin would be Sol et luna. Sol and luna are the root words for words like solar and lunar.
The Latin word for moon is "luna."
The word 'lunar' is an adjective of the Moon. As in 'Lunar Phases', (Moon's Phases). However, Moon ; modern English Luna ; Latin (no 'r') Selene ; Classical Greek. Are the nouns for the Moon.
There are many things relating to the moon that involve Luna. Anything relating to the the moon is usually referred to as lunar, such as lunar eclipse, lunar research, etc. Also, the famous song Claire de Lune by Debussy means moonlight in French.
A few words with the root word LUNA are: lunatic lunar
The adjective solar (based on the Latin word Sol) is used for both the Sun and for the radiation (light, heat) that it produces. (Similarly, the word lunar is used for the Moon, from the Latin name Luna).
The Earth's moon is called Luna. That is where we get the terms "lunar eclipse", "lunar landing", etc. The name of the moon is simply "Moon". As answered above, the word Luna is latin for the word moon. Now that we no longer, or have never spoke Latin, we call it the moon. Other planet's moons are given names to distinguish them from our own and are still called moons, just not "the" moon. See the related link for more information.