Where does “лм” come from?

лм (Russian) comes from Russian лю́мен, from English lumen, 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.

лм (Russian): lumen

Definitions

  1. lumen

Ancestry of “лм”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлю́менlumen SI-unit for luminous flux
2EnglishlumenIn the International System of Units, the derived...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti