Where does “ténébreux” come from?
ténébreux (French) comes from Latin tenebrōsus, from Latin tenebrae, from Proto-Italic temazros, from Proto-Indo-European temH-(e)s-ro-, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.
ténébreux (French): tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian;...
Definitions
- tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian;...
Ancestry of “ténébreux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tenebrōsus | dark, gloomy |
| 2 | Latin | tenebrae | darkness, especially the darkness of night;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | temazros | dark |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | temH-(e)s-ro- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | temH- | dark |