lumination
nounEtymology
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)).
- derived from *-tis✻
- derived from *-tiō✻
- derived from -tiō
- derived from *lewk-✻
- derived from *louks✻
- derived from *lewk-s-men✻
- derived from *luminatio✻
Definitions
Illumination
Illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.
- Who knows how many forgotten souls had rotted away and eventually died within the walls of this dungeon? Would he be one of them? The only light was the scant lumination that flickered upon the floor cast by a torch far down the hall.
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