1650s, "brightness," from French lucidité, from Late Latin luciditas, from Latin lucidus "light, bright, clear," from lucere "to shine," from PIE *louk-eyo-, suffixed (iterative) form of root *leuk- "light, brightness." Meaning "intellectual clarity, transparency of expression" is by 1851.
lucern
Lucia
Lucian
lucid
lucida
lucidity
Lucifer
luciferase
luciferous
lucifugous
Lucille