tenebrae

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Latin word tenebrae comes from Proto-Indo-European *temH-

*temH- (Proto-Indo-European)

*temazros (Proto-Italic)

*temabrāi (Old Latin)

tenebrae (Latin)

(by extension) gloom or darkness of the mind. (poetic) shadow of death. Darkness, especially the darkness of night. Prison, dungeon.

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