Etymology

luminescent

lumin·es·cent
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Today it means: Emitting light by luminescence. Full definition →

Latin lumen
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlumen“light”
  2. English todayluminescent

From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) + -escent, equivalent to luminesce + -ent.

Words from the same roots

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