Where does “scintilla” come from?

scintilla (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scintilla (Latin): spark; glimmer

Definitions

  1. spark; glimmer

Ancestry of “scintilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanski-nto-
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scintilla

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-