lucrum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) profit, advantage
2. (declension-2, neuter) love of gain, avarice

Concepts

profit

gain

advantage

benefit

edge

upside

vantage

whip hand

Translations

Vorteil

Nutzen

vantagem

profijt

benefício

lucro

guadagno

vantaggio

baat

avantage

winst

voordeel

Gewinn

avantaj

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɫʊ.krũː]

Etymology

From *lukrom, dissimilated from *luklom, from *lh₂utlom, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”) + *-tlom (“suffix denoting a tool”). Cognate with Laverna, Ancient Greek ἀπολαύω (apolaúō, “to enjoy”), λείᾱ (leíā), Sanskrit लोत्र (lotra, “booty”), German Lohn (“reward, wages”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽 (laun).