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Where does “tiniebla” come from?

tiniebla (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish tiniebra, from Latin tenebra, from Proto-Italic temasro, from Proto-Indo-European temH-s-ro, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

tiniebla (Spanish): shadow; darkness

Definitions

  1. shadow; darkness

Ancestry of “tiniebla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishtiniebradarkness
2Latintenebradarkness, shadow, gloom, obscurity; ignorance;...
3Proto-Italictemasro—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-s-rodark
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark
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