Where does “scintillant” come from?
scintillant (Latin) comes from Latin scintillo, from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
scintillant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...
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Ancestry of “scintillant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | scintillo | I scintillate, sparkle |
| 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 |