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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Luke & Co. #19001 02/15/01 02:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth OP old hand OP belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin I've been wondering about the word 'luke' It apparently comes from Middle English (leu?) and/or Old English (hleow) and means mildly warm. So where does this leave 'lukewarm'? Isn't that just 'warm' twofold? That's some exceptionally warm water! The etymology confuses me as well, because in German it's very similar: 'lauwarm'. Any ideas (or an OED ID)! btw. I ran this through the site search and came up with a mere one use of lukewarm (but a good one).... Jackie: tepidemic -- lukewarm disease Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Luke & Co. #19002 02/15/01 06:15 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Interesting, belligerent. Especially since, around here, the term "lukecool" is used, albeit tongue-in-cheek. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Luke & Co. #19003 02/15/01 06:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Good heavens, how can a disease be lukewarm?? I'm afraid, though, that an attempt to replace the use of lukewarm with luke would meet with only a tepid response. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Luke & Co. #19004 02/15/01 07:42 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >>Good heavens, how can a disease be lukewarm?? but jackie, tepidemic is a direct quote from *your post -- you're going to have to pay more attention to what you're quoting! I've never seen 'luke' used alone (except as a name) -- it must be an obsolete form (but I'll look it up when I have the chance). come to think of it, the name itself isn't currently popular, is it? p.s. - W3 says luke is archaic, but gives no hint as to why it was dropped in favor of lukewarm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Luke & Co. #19005 02/16/01 12:07 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The users must have been lukewarm about luke. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fun facts about luke... #19006 02/16/01 12:24 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass ...from the OED 1. [adj] obs. exc. dial. lukewarm all the citations are from the 13th through 15th c's; with one exception (which leads to the dialectal tag I guess) 1837 Dickens Pickw. xxxiii, Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke. "Notwithstanding the resemblance in form and meaning, it seems impossible to connect the word etymologically with mod.Du. leuk (lukewarm)" 2. [n] 19th c. slang nothing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fun facts about luke... #19007 02/16/01 10:22 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth OP old hand OP belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Thanks for the info OED included the meaning 'light; white .. etc' (as in the name 'Luke') as well didn't it? > ...Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke. I like this use! Just a couple of hundred years too late hey. And the etymology? That will remain opaquely clouded right. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fun facts about luke... #19008 02/16/01 11:18 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 opaquely clouded... You're getting warm! But tide and time wait for no man... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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