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Where does “luminosus” come from?

luminosus (Latin) comes from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

luminosus (Latin): bright, luminous, full of light

Definitions

  1. bright, luminous, full of light

Ancestry of “luminosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlūmen—
2English-escencea specified process or state
3Latin-escens—
4Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
5Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “luminosus”

  • luminous
  • luminously
  • luminousness
  • nonluminous
  • ultraluminous
  • superluminous
  • subluminous
  • overluminous
  • underluminous
  • hyperluminous
  • non-luminous
  • radio-luminous
  • luminoso
  • luminosamente
  • luminoso
  • luminosamente
  • luminoso
  • lumineux
  • lumineusement
  • luminoso
  • eletroluminoso
  • luminoso
  • lumineus
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