From Latin illūstris ("bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious") -ous. Illūstris is derived from illūstrō, from in- + lustrō (from lustrō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ("bright; to shine") or *lewh₃-).
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