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Where does “fuligin” come from?

fuligin (English) comes from Italian fuliggine, from Latin fūlīginem.

fuligin (English): soot, lampblack; a hypothetical colour darker...

Definitions

  1. soot, lampblack; a hypothetical colour darker...

Ancestry of “fuligin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfuligginesoot
2Latinfūlīginem—
Every word from Latin fūlīginem →