lumination

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-tis
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*-tiō
3. Latin · derived from-tiōnem“-tion”
4. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lewk-“bright; light; white”
5. Proto-Italic · derived from*louks
6. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lewk-s-men“light”
7. Latin · derived from*lūminātiōnem“illumination”
8. English todaylumination

From luminate + -ion, or a Latin *lūminātiōnem (“illumination”), from lūminō (“to brighten, to illuminate; to reveal (throw light on)”), from lūmen (“light”) (probably from lūx (“light”) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension)), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men (“light”) (from Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; light; white”) + *-mn̥ (suffix indicating a noun))) + Latin -tiōnem (“-tion”, suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action) (from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming nouns from verbs)).

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