English
fulmination
Fulmination comes from Latin fulminātiō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulminātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fulmination
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulminātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fulmination
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from fulmine + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’
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Latin fulgeō ‘flash, glare, lighten’
Latin fulmen ‘lightning that strikes or sets on fire’
Latin fulminō ‘lighten, illuminate’
French fulminer
English fulmine
Every English word from Latin fulminātiō
Today it means
noun The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fulminātiō / fulmination