Where does “fulminer” come from?

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

fulminer (French): to fulminate

Definitions

  1. to fulminate

Ancestry of “fulminer”, 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 “fulminer”

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