Where does “allumer” come from?
allumer (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin alluminare, from Latin illuminare, from Latin illumino, from Latin il-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Ancestry of “allumer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | alluminare | present active infinitive of *allūminō |
| 2 | Latin | illuminare | present active infinitive of illūminō;... |
| 3 | Latin | illumino | I illuminate, light up, brighten; I adorn; I make... |
| 4 | Latin | il- | Alternative form of in-; in; not |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |