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Where does “overluminosity” come from?

overluminosity (English) comes from English luminosity, from French luminosité, from Latin luminosus, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

overluminosity (English): The condition of being overluminous

Definitions

  1. The condition of being overluminous

Ancestry of “overluminosity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishluminositythe state of being luminous, or a luminous...
2Frenchluminositébrightness; luminosity
3Latinluminosusbright, luminous, full of light
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
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