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Where does “teralumen” come from?

teralumen (English) comes from English lumen, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

teralumen (English): An SI unit of luminous flux equal to 1012 lumens....

Definitions

  1. An SI unit of luminous flux equal to 1012 lumens....

Ancestry of “teralumen”, step by step

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