Where does “illumination” come from?
illumination (French) comes from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illūminō, from Latin lūminō, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
illumination (French): enlightenment; illumination, lighting
Definitions
- enlightenment; illumination, lighting
Ancestry of “illumination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | illuminatio | glory; enlightening; illumination, lighting |
| 2 | Latin | illūminō | to illuminate, light up, brighten |
| 3 | Latin | lūminō | to illuminate |
| 4 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 5 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 6 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 7 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |