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Since I don't see it addressed yet:
“luke” derived from “lew” or “lewk” or “leuk”, in Middle English, which meant “tepid” (slightly warm). This in turn came from the Old English adverb “hlēowe”, which means “warm or sunny”. Finally, “hlēowe” came from the Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz, meaning “warm”.
The word “lukewarm” popped up around the 14th century as meaning “slightly warm”. Within two centuries, it also began having a figurative meaning, that of “lacking in enthusiasm”.
Cite: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/origin-of-the-word-lukewarm/
So lukewarm means "warm warm", except the repetition is basically the opposite of palilogia 🤣
It's basically just East Timor/Timor-Leste, both meaning "east east".
This time, instead of "east", it's "warm".
I always thought it came from that bible verse where Jesus says that if your faith is lukewarm he will spit you out of his mouth. I figured he was insulting Luke