tenebrae

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • darkness, especially the darkness of night
  • (poetic) shadow of death
  • prison, dungeon
  • (by extension) gloom or darkness of the mind

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Italic *temazros (dark) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *temH-(e)s-ro-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*temH-(e)s-ro-

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