Etymograph

English

fulmineous

Fulmineous comes from Latin fulmen ‘thunder’, from fulgeō ‘flash, glare, lighten’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥géh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*folgēōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulgeō‘flash, glare, lighten’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulmen‘thunder’
  6. Englishtodayfulmineous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥géh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*folgēōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulgeō‘flash, glare, lighten’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulmen‘thunder’
  6. Englishtodayfulmineous

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’

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

Today it means

adj fulminous; of or pertaining to thunder.

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

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

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