Where does “illuminating” come from?
Illuminating comes from the Old English -ing suffix added to a Middle English verb derived from Latin illumināre, meaning to light up or make bright.
illuminating (English): Providing illumination or light; Providing...
Definitions
- Providing illumination or light; Providing...
Ancestry of “illuminating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | illuminate | To shine light on something; To decorate... |
| 2 | Latin | illuminatus | illuminated, brightened, having been illuminated;... |
| 3 | Latin | illūminō | to illuminate, light up, brighten |
| 4 | Latin | lūminō | to illuminate |
| 5 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 6 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 7 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 8 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 9 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |