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Where does “fulgur” come from?

fulgur (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

fulgur (Latin): lightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt

Definitions

  1. lightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt

Ancestry of “fulgur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness

Words derived from “fulgur”

  • fulgurator
  • fulguration
  • foudroyant
  • fulgurite
  • electrofulguration
  • fulgurous
  • fulgurate
  • fulgury
  • foulder
  • fulgerare
  • fulguraturus
  • fulguratus
  • fulgurationis
  • fulgurandus
  • fulguratio
  • fulgurer
  • Fulgora
  • fulgurare
  • fulger
  • fulgura
  • fulgurate
  • fulguro
  • fulgurant
  • fulgurans
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