Where does “fulgurant” come from?

fulgurant (Romanian) comes from French fulgurant, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

fulgurant (Romanian): fulgurant

Definitions

  1. fulgurant

Ancestry of “fulgurant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfulgurantpresent participle of fulgurer; flashing,...
2Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
3Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness
Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →Every word from French fulgurant →