Where does “fulminant” come from?

fulminant (Latin) comes from Latin fulmino, from Latin fulmen, from Latin fulgmen, from Latin fulgeo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fulminant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “fulminant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfulminoI lighten; I fulminate
2Latinfulmenlightning; thunderbolt
3Latinfulgmen—
4LatinfulgeoI flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin fulgeo →