English
tenebricose
Tenebricose comes from Latin tenebricōsus ‘full of darkness or gloom’, from Proto-Italic *temazros ‘dark’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temH-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-‘to be dark’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*témHos‘darkness’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-(e)s-ro-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*temazros‘dark’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebraeas tenebra‘darkness, gloom’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebricus‘dark, gloomy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebricōsus‘full of darkness or gloom’
- Englishearliest quotation 1817tenebricose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-‘to be dark’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*témHos‘darkness’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-(e)s-ro-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*temazros‘dark’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebraeas tenebra‘darkness, gloom’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebricus‘dark, gloomy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebricōsus‘full of darkness or gloom’
- Englishearliest quotation 1817tenebricose
Earliest quotation: 1817, Thomas Love Peacock, Cimmerian Lodge: “[…] but he has grown wiser since he has…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *temH- ‘to be dark’
through Proto-Indo-European *témHos ‘darkness’
Today it means
adj Full of darkness; gloomy, tenebrous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temH- / tenebricose