Where does “tenebrio” come from?

tenebrio (Latin) comes from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

tenebrio (Latin): One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler

Definitions

  1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler

Ancestry of “tenebrio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-iō—
2Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “tenebrio”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →