Where does “fulmine” come from?
fulmine (English) comes from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō, from Latin fulmen, from Latin fulgmen, from Latin fulgeo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
fulmine (English): To thunder or lightning; To utter with authority...
Definitions
- To thunder or lightning; To utter with authority...
Ancestry of “fulmine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fulminer | to fulminate |
| 2 | Latin | fulminō | — |
| 3 | Latin | fulmen | lightning; thunderbolt |
| 4 | Latin | fulgmen | — |
| 5 | Latin | fulgeo | I flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |