Merry xmas all. Been thinking about the term “lukewarm” recently and trying to find out the origins of “luke.” I’m not into the whole latin thing so maybe I’m missing a real obvious clue, however I thought it might have something to do with Luke from the bible.
The first returned from google…
*The word lukewarm has a long and respectable history, going right back to the 14th century. The adjective luke sems to be an alternative form of lew, Old English hleow, which meant ‘tepid’. *