Where does “parafulger” come from?

parafulger (Romanian) comes from Romanian fulger, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

parafulger (Romanian): lightning rod

Definitions

  1. lightning rod

Ancestry of “parafulger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfulgerlightning; first-person singular present...
2Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
3Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness
Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →Every word from Romanian fulger →