effulgent

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰel-“shiny; white”
2. Latin · derived fromeffulgēns“flashing, glittering”
3. English todayeffulgent

From Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”)). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.

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