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Where does “crepuscolo” come from?

crepuscolo (Italian) comes from Latin crepusculum, from Latin creper — dusky, dark; uncertain, doubtful, obscure.

crepuscolo (Italian): twilight; dusk

Definitions

  1. twilight; dusk

Ancestry of “crepuscolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrepusculumtwilight, evening, dusk; darkness
2Latincreperdusky, dark; uncertain, doubtful, obscure
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