Where does “fulminator” come from?

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

fulminator (Latin): second-person singular future passive imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative...

Ancestry of “fulminator”, 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
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