Where does “illuminate” come from?
Illuminate comes from Middle English illuminaten, from Latin illuminatum, the past participle of illuminō, composed of the prefix in- and the verb luminō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne-.
illuminate (English): To shine light on something; To decorate...
Definitions
- To shine light on something; To decorate...
Ancestry of “illuminate”, step by step
illuminate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin illuminatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | illuminatus | illuminated, brightened, having been illuminated;... |
| 2 | Latin | illūminō | to illuminate, light up, brighten |
| 3 | Latin | lūminō | to illuminate |
| 4 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 5 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 6 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 7 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Middle English illuminaten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | illuminaten | — |
| 2 | Latin | illuminatum | nominative neuter singular of illūminātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | illumino | I illuminate, light up, brighten; I adorn; I make... |
| 4 | Latin | il- | Alternative form of in-; in; not |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |