"deep orange-yellowish," 1650s, from Latin luteus "golden-yellow, orange-yellow," from lutum, the name of a weed used in dying yellow, a word of unknown origin.
lustrum
lusty
lusus naturae
lute
luteal
luteous
lute-string
Lutetian
lutetium
Lutheran
luthier
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