Where does “tenebra” come from?

tenebra (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic temasro, from Proto-Indo-European temH-s-ro, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

tenebra (Latin): darkness, shadow, gloom, obscurity; ignorance;...

Definitions

  1. darkness, shadow, gloom, obscurity; ignorance;...

Ancestry of “tenebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictemasro—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-s-rodark
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark

Words derived from “tenebra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European temH-s-ro →Every word from Proto-Italic temasro →