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

Definitions

  1. darkness, gloom, night

Ancestry of “tenebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenebradarkness, shadow, gloom, obscurity; ignorance;...
2Proto-Italictemasro—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-s-rodark
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark

Words derived from “tenebra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European temH-s-ro →Every word from Proto-Italic temasro →