This is for everyone who has ever spent a bit too much time wondering who the fuck is Luke:luke - fr
This is for everyone who has ever spent a bit too much time wondering who the fuck is Luke:luke - from Middle English leuk ‘tepid’, which is of unknown origin, but could be from OE hleowe 'warm’, and then from Proto-Germanic *khlewaz; the PG form is of uncertain meaning, but it could have meant… 'warm’ and that would link it to PIE *kele- 'warm’.warm - OE wearm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz (Old Norse varmr, German warm, Gothic warmjan), possibly from PIE *gwher- 'heat’, or from the source of Old Church Slavonic goriti 'to burn’, variti 'to boil’.lukewarm literally means 'warm-warm’.(plus apparently luke is a synonym of lackadaisical) -- source link
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