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Where does “paralume” come from?

paralume (Italian) comes from Italian lume, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

paralume (Italian): lampshade; abatjour

Definitions

  1. lampshade; abatjour

Ancestry of “paralume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianlumeA light source; star; light, specifically
2Latinlūmen—
3English-escencea specified process or state
4Latin-escens—
5Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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