English
alumbrado
Alumbrado comes from Spanish alumbrado ‘illuminated’, and goes back to Early Medieval Latin allūmināre.
- Early Medieval Latinmodernallūmināre
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalumbrar‘to illuminate’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentalumbrado‘illuminated’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Early Medieval Latinmodernallūmināre
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalumbrar‘to illuminate’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentalumbrado‘illuminated’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Early Medieval Latin allūmināre
Today it means
noun A practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Early Medieval Latin allūmināre / alumbrado