Where does “foudre” come from?

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

foudre (Old French): lightning

Definitions

  1. lightning

Ancestry of “foudre”, step by step

foudre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fulgur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
2Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness

via Latin fulgura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulguranominative plural of fulgur; accusative plural of...

Words derived from “foudre”

Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →