Where does “Fotolumineszenz” come from?

Fotolumineszenz (German) comes from German Lumineszenz, from English luminescence, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Fotolumineszenz (German): photoluminescence

Definitions

  1. photoluminescence

Ancestry of “Fotolumineszenz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLumineszenzluminescence
2EnglishluminescenceAny emission of light that cannot be attributed...
3Latinlūmenlight, source of light
4English-escencea specified process or state
5Latin-escens
6Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
7Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
8Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
9Proto-Italic-ējō
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from English -escence
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