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Where does “fulger” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fulger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
2Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness

Words derived from “fulger”

  • sfuldzir
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