17 letters · 25 points in Scrabble
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der. Ancient Greek τρῑ́βω (trī́bō) English tribo- Latin lumen Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English luminescence English triboluminescence From tribo- + luminescence.
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