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Where does “illuminatio” come from?

illuminatio (Late Latin) comes from Latin illūminō, from Latin lūminō, 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.

illuminatio (Late Latin): glory; enlightening; illumination, lighting

Definitions

  1. glory; enlightening; illumination, lighting

Ancestry of “illuminatio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillūminō—
2Latinlūminō—
3Latinlūmen—
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

Words derived from “illuminatio”

  • illumination
  • transillumination
  • reillumination
  • endoillumination
  • counterillumination
  • preillumination
  • overillumination
  • iluminación
  • retroilluminazione
  • illuminazione
  • illumination
  • iluminação
  • イルミネーション
  • iluminación
  • iluminație
  • illumination
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