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Where does “tenebrous” come from?

tenebrous (Old French) comes from Latin tenebrosus, from Latin tenebrae, from Proto-Italic temazros, from Proto-Indo-European temH-(e)s-ro-, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

tenebrous (Old French): Alternative form of tenebrus

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of tenebrus

Ancestry of “tenebrous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenebrosusdark, gloomy
2Latintenebraedarkness, especially the darkness of night;...
3Proto-Italictemazrosdark
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-(e)s-ro-—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark

Words derived from “tenebrous”

  • tenebrous
  • tenebrously
  • tenebrousness
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