Where does “fulgoro” come from?
fulgoro (Esperanto) comes from Latin fulgora, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.
fulgoro (Esperanto): firefly
Ancestry of “fulgoro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fulgora | Lightning |
| 2 | Latin | fulgur | lightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | folgos | brightness |