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Where does “tenebrific” come from?

tenebrific (English) comes from New Latin tenebrificus, from Latin tenebrae, from Proto-Italic temazros, from Proto-Indo-European temH-(e)s-ro-, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

tenebrific (English): gloomy; obscure

Definitions

  1. gloomy; obscure

Ancestry of “tenebrific”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintenebrificus—
2Latintenebraedarkness, especially the darkness of night;...
3Proto-Italictemazrosdark
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-(e)s-ro-—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark
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