Where does “fulminant” come from?

fulminant (French) comes from Latin fulminō, from Latin fulmen, from Latin fulgmen, from Latin fulgeo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fulminant (French): present participle of fulminer

Definitions

  1. present participle of fulminer

Ancestry of “fulminant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulminōto lighten (strike with lightning)
2Latinfulmenlightning; thunderbolt
3Latinfulgmen—
4LatinfulgeoI flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “fulminant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin fulgeo →
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