Where does “fulmine” come from?

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

fulmine (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “fulmine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfulminerto fulminate
2Latinfulminōto lighten (strike with lightning)
3Latinfulmenlightning; thunderbolt
4Latinfulgmen
5LatinfulgeoI flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Latin fulgeo