Where does “alumbrado” come from?
alumbrado (English) comes from Spanish alumbrado, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
alumbrado (English): A practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries
Definitions
- A practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries
Ancestry of “alumbrado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | alumbrado | lighting |
| 2 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 4 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |