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Where does “fulgurō” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fulgurō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
2Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness
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