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Where does “lumination” come from?

lumination (English) comes from English luminate, from Latin luminatus, from Latin lūminō, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

lumination (English): Illumination; "specifically", artificial...

Definitions

  1. Illumination; "specifically", artificial...

Ancestry of “lumination”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishluminateTo illuminate
2LatinluminatusPossessing light; luminescence
3Latinlūminō—
4Latinlūmen—
5English-escencea specified process or state
6Latin-escens—
7Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
8Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “lumination”

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