Esperanto · 12 October 2026
A word a day week
luno
LU-no · /ˈluno/ · noun
- moon
Latin lūna and its Romance descendants give Esperanto a moon word that pairs neatly with suno.
Borrowed luggage
Where it came from
Latin / Romancelūna
Esperantoluno
The form is shared across the Romance family and closely matches Latin lūna.
- Latin lūna
- Italian luna
- Spanish luna
- French lune
Tiny sentence
La luno estas hela.
the moon be.PRS bright.ADJ
“The moon is bright.”
Adjectives end in -a; hela describes luno without an agreement surprise.
Receipts
Sources and cautions
A widely shared Romance form offered exactly the international recognisability Esperanto’s vocabulary selection often sought.