Where does “lymne” come from?
lymne (Middle English) comes from Middle English luminen, from Middle English enluminen, from Old French enluminer, from Latin illūminō, from Latin lūminō, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
lymne (Middle English): to illuminate
Ancestry of “lymne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | luminen | to illuminate |
| 2 | Middle English | enluminen | to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to... |
| 3 | Old French | enluminer | to brighten, light up; to give colour to; to... |
| 4 | Latin | illūminō | — |
| 5 | Latin | lūminō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lūmen | — |
| 7 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 8 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 9 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 10 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “lymne”