- What is the Latin root for lightning?
- What is the Roman word for light?
- What Latin words mean lightning?
- What is the Scottish word for lightning?
What is the Latin root for lightning?
Etymology. From Latin fulgur (“lightning”).
What is the Roman word for light?
Lucius derives from Latin word Lux (gen. lucis), meaning "light" (<PIE *leuk- "brightness", Latin verb lucere "to shine"), and is a cognate of the name Lucas.
What Latin words mean lightning?
Two Latin words that I know of for “lightning" are: fulgur, fulguris (n.) fulmen, fulminis (n.)
What is the Scottish word for lightning?
The Scottish Gaelic word beithir has been defined variously as "serpent", "lightning", and "thunderbolt".