Where does “fulminant” come from?
fulminant (German) comes from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō, from Latin fulmen, from Latin fulgmen, from Latin fulgeo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
fulminant (German): splendid, furious; fulminant
Definitions
- splendid, furious; fulminant
Ancestry of “fulminant”, step by step
fulminant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fulminant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fulminant | present participle of fulminer |
| 2 | Latin | fulminō | to lighten (strike with lightning) |
| 3 | Latin | fulmen | lightning; thunderbolt |
| 4 | Latin | fulgmen | — |
| 5 | Latin | fulgeo | I flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Latin fulminans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fulminans | fulminating |