Where does “foudre” come from?

foudre (Norman) comes from Old French foudre, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

foudre (Norman): thunderbolt

Definitions

  1. thunderbolt

Ancestry of “foudre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfoudrelightning
2Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
3Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness
Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →Every word from Old French foudre →