Etymology
Meaning
Origin
The word "lucre" is derived from the Latin noun "lucrum," meaning "gain" or "profit." This noun is in turn derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*lewgʰ-," which means "to loot" or "plunder." This root is also the origin of the words "loot" and "lucre."
The sense of "financial gain" developed later, as people began to associate the idea of gain with the concept of loot. By the Middle Ages, "lucre" had come to mean any form of financial gain, whether it was earned legitimately or not. Today, the word is often used in a negative sense, to describe greed or excessive profit-seeking.
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