Where does “bioluminescente” come from?

bioluminescente (Italian) comes from Portuguese luminescente, from English luminescent, 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.

bioluminescente (Italian): bioluminescent

Definitions

  1. bioluminescent

Ancestry of “bioluminescente”, step by step

bioluminescente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese luminescente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseluminescenteluminescent
2EnglishluminescentEmitting light by luminescence
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

via Italian luminescente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianluminescenteluminescent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from English -escence