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Where does “fulminer” come from?

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

fulminer (Latin): first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Ancestry of “fulminer”, 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-—
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