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Where does “alluminare” come from?

alluminare (Italian) comes from Old French enluminer, 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.

alluminare (Italian): to add gold or silver to pigments in order to...

Definitions

  1. to add gold or silver to pigments in order to...

Ancestry of “alluminare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenluminerto brighten, light up; to give colour to; to...
2Latinillūminō—
3Latinlūminō—
4Latinlūmen—
5English-escencea specified process or state
6Latin-escens—
7Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
8Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “alluminare”

  • alluminatore
  • allumina
  • alluminoso
  • alluminato
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