Morpheme
Lu
Type
bound base
Denotation
light, unit of luminous flux
Etymology
(1) Latin lūx; (2) Latin lūmināre, from lūminis, from lūmen, from lūx + -men
Evidence
adsorboluminescence, autoluminescence, bioluminescence, cathodoluminescence, chemiluminescence, chemoluminescence, crystalloluminescence, decalumen, electroluminescence, endolumen, epiluminescence, hyperluminous, illuminate, illuminated, illuminates, illuminating, illuminatingly, illumination, illuminator, illumine, illumined, illumines, illumining, immunoluminescence, ionoluminescence, kilolumen, lumen, lumenal, lumenally, lumened, lumenization, lumenize, lumenized, lumenizes, lumenizing, lumenless, lumenless, lumenogenesis, lumens, lumina, luminaire, luminary, lumine, lumined, lumines, luminescence, luminescent, lumining, luminosity, luminous, luminously, luminousness, magnetoluminescence, mechanoluminescence, multilumen, nonluminous, overluminous, oxoluminescence, oxyluminescence, photoluminescence, piezoluminescence, pyroluminescence, radioluminescence, radiophotoluminescence, radiothermoluminescence, roentgenoluminescence, sonoluminescence, subluminous, superluminescence, superluminous, teralumen, thermoluminescence, transilluminate, triboluminescence, ultraluminous, underluminous, unluminous
Notes
International System of Units “Derived Unit”
<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
luminary and luminaire are doublets
