Where does “lymma” come from?
lymma (Cornish) comes from Middle English lymm, from Middle English luminen, from Middle English enluminen, from Old French enluminer, from Latin illūminō, from Latin lūminō, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
lymma (Cornish): to sharpen
Definitions
- to sharpen
Ancestry of “lymma”, step by step
lymma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English lymm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lymm | — |
| 2 | Middle English | luminen | to illuminate |
| 3 | Middle English | enluminen | to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to... |
| 4 | Old French | enluminer | to brighten, light up; to give colour to; to... |
| 5 | Latin | illūminō | to illuminate, light up, brighten |
| 6 | Latin | lūminō | to illuminate |
| 7 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 8 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 9 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 10 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 11 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Cornish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | a | Marks the following verb to the preceding... |