Pellucid
/pəˈluː.sɪd/noun
Clear, transparent, or easy to understand.
Did you know?Pellucid comes from Latin, where pellucidus meant “shining through,” built from per- (“through”) and lucidus (“bright”), the same light-root that powers words like lucid and translucent.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
pellucidus
“shining through; transparent”
Latin
Latin
per- + lucidus
“through + bright, clear”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leuk-
“to shine; light”
Middle French
French
pellucide
“clear, transparent”
16th Century
English
pellucid
“clear, transparent; easy to understand”
Modern English
English
pellucid
“clear, transparent, or easy to understand”
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