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Where does “tenebrosus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tenebrosus”, step by step

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