fulgeo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine.
- (figuratively) I am conspicuous or illustrious, shine, glitter.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰel-
Gloss
shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
白
Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blick English
- blattea Latin
- effulgēns Latin
- fulica Latin
- βαλιός Ancient Greek
- φάλλαινα Ancient Greek
- φαλλός Ancient Greek
- φαλός Ancient Greek
- φλέγω Ancient Greek
- φλέψ Ancient Greek
- φύλλον Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰln- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰléh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlī- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰl̥no- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoln- Proto-Indo-European
- *balþaz Proto-Germanic
- *bellaną Proto-Germanic
- *blajinǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blasaz Proto-Germanic
- *blasǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blisk Proto-Germanic
- *blēsaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- *bēlą Proto-Germanic
- blician Old English
- bylgian Old English
- þrotbolla Old English
- भाल Sanskrit
- bali Old Norse
- bolr Old Norse
- bál Old Norse
- *bolto Proto-Slavic
- bilst Latvian
- բազմակ Old Armenian
- ბაზმაკი Georgian
- *ballos Proto-Celtic
- *bello Proto-Celtic
- *blā Proto-Celtic
- baltã Aromanian
- *flagmā Proto-Italic
- baltas Lithuanian
- *bala Proto-Albanian
- *balā Proto-Albanian
- *bulna Proto-Albanian
- *bolʔto Proto-Balto-Slavic
- պլոր Middle Armenian
- päl- Tocharian B
- *bela Gaulish
- päl- Tocharian A
- balts Samogitian