Where does “fulgurate” come from?

fulgurate (English) comes from Latin fulguratus, from Latin fulgurō, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

fulgurate (English): To flash or emit flashes like lightning; To...

Definitions

  1. To flash or emit flashes like lightning; To...

Ancestry of “fulgurate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulguratusglittered
2Latinfulgurōto glitter, flash, shine brightly
3Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
4Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness
Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →Every word from Latin fulgurō →