lucarne.
dormer window
Meaning & usage
dormer window
skylight
top corner of the net
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *lūkaną Proto-West Germanic *lūkan Proto-West Germanic *lūkāder. Frankish *lūkinnjāder. Old French lucanne Middle French lucarne French lucarne Inherited from Middle French lucarne, luquarme, from Old French lucanne (“opening in the roof of a house, skylight, loft”), from Frankish *lūkinnjā (“opening closed by a valve, flap”), a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *lūkā (“hatch, window”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to lock, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Low German lûke (“skylight, window”), Dutch luik (“trap door, shutter”), German Luke (“hatch, hatchway, skylight”). More at lock.
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