Etymograph

English

fulguration

Fulguration comes from Latin fulguratio ‘sheet lightning’, from fulgurō ‘to glitter, flash, shine brightly’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘shiny’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘shiny’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥-g-osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*folgos‘brightness’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulgur‘lightning’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulgurō‘to glitter, flash, shine brightly’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulguratio‘sheet lightning’
  7. Englishtodayfulguration

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘shiny’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥-g-osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*folgos‘brightness’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulgur‘lightning’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulgurō‘to glitter, flash, shine brightly’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulguratio‘sheet lightning’
  7. Englishtodayfulguration

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘shiny’

ball, bowl, bell, bold, bull, flame, bald, boil, blaze, bale, blush, blizzard, bleach, blur, bolster, budge, sabha, blemish, bola, phlegm, phallus, bolero, blithe, phlox, blain, bleat, 73 more

Today it means

noun A flash of lightning

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- / fulguration

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