Where does “tenebra” come from?
tenebra (Italian) comes from Latin tenebra, from Proto-Italic temasro, from Proto-Indo-European temH-s-ro, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.
tenebra (Italian): darkness, gloom, night
Ancestry of “tenebra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tenebra | darkness, shadow, gloom, obscurity; ignorance;... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | temasro | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | temH-s-ro | dark |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | temH- | dark |
Words derived from “tenebra”