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Where does “iluminação” come from?

iluminação (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illūminō, from Latin lūminō, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

iluminação (Portuguese): illumination; lighting; enlightenment

Definitions

  1. illumination; lighting; enlightenment

Ancestry of “iluminação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinilluminatioglory; enlightening; illumination, lighting
2Latinillūminō—
3Latinlūminō—
4Latinlūmen—
5English-escencea specified process or state
6Latin-escens—
7Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
8Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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