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Where does “tenebroso” come from?

tenebroso (Portuguese) comes from Latin tenebrōsus, from Latin tenebrae, from Proto-Italic temazros, from Proto-Indo-European temH-(e)s-ro-, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

tenebroso (Portuguese): dark, gloomy; frightful; tenebrous

Definitions

  1. dark, gloomy; frightful; tenebrous

Ancestry of “tenebroso”, step by step

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