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Where does “lūminārī” come from?

lūminārī (Middle English) comes from Old French luminarie, from Medieval Latin luminarium, from Latin lūmināre, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “lūminārī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchluminarielamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness,...
2Medieval Latinluminarium—
3Latinlūmināre—
4Latinlūmen—
5English-escencea specified process or state
6Latin-escens—
7Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
8Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “lūminārī”

  • luminary
  • subluminary
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