Where does “fulgurer” come from?

fulgurer (French) comes from French fulgurant, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

fulgurer (French): to fulgurate

Definitions

  1. to fulgurate

Ancestry of “fulgurer”, step by step

fulgurer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French fulgurant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfulgurantpresent participle of fulgurer; flashing,...
2Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
3Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness

via Latin fulgurāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulgurāre—

Words derived from “fulgurer”

Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →Every word from French fulgurant →