Etymology

triboluminescence

Today it means: The production of light by friction. Full definition →

English luminescence ← Latin lumen ← Proto-Italic *louksmən
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτρῑ́βω (trī́bō)
  3. Englishtribo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*léwksmn̥
  6. Proto-Italic*louksmən
  7. Latinlumen
  8. Englishluminescence
  9. English todaytriboluminescence

From tribo- + luminescence.

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