Where does “illuminatory” come from?
illuminatory (English) comes from English illuminate, from Latin illuminatus, from Latin illūminō, from Latin lūminō, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
illuminatory (English): Increasing informative qualities; explanatory
Definitions
- Increasing informative qualities; explanatory
Ancestry of “illuminatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | illuminate | To shine light on something; To decorate... |
| 2 | Latin | illuminatus | illuminated, brightened, having been illuminated;... |
| 3 | Latin | illūminō | — |
| 4 | Latin | lūminō | — |
| 5 | Latin | lūmen | — |
| 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 |