Where does “triboluminescent” come from?

triboluminescent (English) comes from English luminescent, 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.

triboluminescent (English): Exhibiting or relating to triboluminescence

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting or relating to triboluminescence

Ancestry of “triboluminescent”, step by step

triboluminescent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English luminescent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishluminescentEmitting light by luminescence
2Latinlūmenlight, source of light
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

via Romanian triboluminescență

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantriboluminescențătriboluminescence
2Frenchtriboluminescencetriboluminescence
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from English -escence