Where does “tenebrae” come from?

tenebrae (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic temazros, from Proto-Indo-European temH-(e)s-ro-, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

tenebrae (Latin): darkness, especially the darkness of night;...

Definitions

  1. darkness, especially the darkness of night;...

Ancestry of “tenebrae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictemazrosdark
2Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-(e)s-ro-
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark

Words derived from “tenebrae

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temH-