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Where does “tenebrescens” come from?

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

tenebrescens (Latin): darkening

Definitions

  1. darkening

Ancestry of “tenebrescens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintenebrescoI darken, grow dark, dim, gloomy
2Latintenebraedarkness, especially the darkness of night;...
3Proto-Italictemazrosdark
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-(e)s-ro-—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark
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