Where does “scintillātus” come from?
scintillātus (Latin) comes from Latin scintillō, from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Ancestry of “scintillātus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | scintillō | — |
| 2 | Latin | scintilla | spark; glimmer |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ski-nto- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |