Where does “ultraluminous” come from?
ultraluminous (English) comes from English luminous, from Middle French lumineus, from Latin luminosus, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
ultraluminous (English): Very luminous
Definitions
- Very luminous
Ancestry of “ultraluminous”, step by step
ultraluminous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English luminous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | luminous | Emitting light; glowing brightly; Brightly... |
| 2 | Middle French | lumineus | — |
| 3 | Latin | luminosus | bright, luminous, full of light |
| 4 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 5 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 6 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 7 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |