early 15c., "luminous, bright;" 1590s, "evident, lucid," from Latin luculentus "full of light, bright, splendid," from the stem of lux "light," from PIE root *leuk- "light, brightness."
lucre
Lucretia
Lucretius
lucubrate
lucubration
luculent
lucus a non lucendo
Lucy
Luddite
lude
ludic