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Where does “fuliginoso” come from?

fuliginoso (Spanish) comes from Latin fūlīginōsus, from Latin fūlīgo, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂li-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fuliginoso (Spanish): fuliginous, sooty; dark, obscure

Definitions

  1. fuliginous, sooty; dark, obscure

Ancestry of “fuliginoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūlīginōsus—
2Latinfūlīgo—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂li-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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