Where does “iluminar” come from?

iluminar (Portuguese) comes from Latin illūminō, from Latin lūminō, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

iluminar (Portuguese): to illuminate; to enlighten

Definitions

  1. to illuminate; to enlighten

Ancestry of “iluminar”, step by step

iluminar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin illūminō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillūminōto illuminate, light up, brighten
2Latinlūminōto illuminate
3Latinlūmenlight, source of light
4English-escencea specified process or state
5Latin-escens
6Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
7Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
8Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
9Proto-Italic-ējō
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via French enluminure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenluminureillumination; miniature
2French-ureUsed to form nouns describing the result of an...
3Old French-ureused to form usually feminine, usually abstract...
4Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

Words derived from “iluminar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from English -escence
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