Where does “Fulgur” come from?

Fulgur (Translingual) comes from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

Fulgur (Translingual): A genus of whelks, including the lightning whelk, the species now distributed in the Busyconinae

Definitions

  1. A genus of whelks, including the lightning whelk, the species now distributed in the Busyconinae

Ancestry of “Fulgur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
2Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness
Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →