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Where does “resplandecente” come from?

resplandecente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese resplandecer, from Latin resplandescere, from Latin resplendescere, from Latin splendescere — present active infinitive of splendēscō.

resplandecente (Portuguese): resplendent, glorious; blazing, ablaze

Definitions

  1. resplendent, glorious; blazing, ablaze

Ancestry of “resplandecente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseresplandecerto shine; to excel
2Latinresplandescere—
3Latinresplendescere—
4Latinsplendescerepresent active infinitive of splendēscō
Every word from Latin splendescere →