chandler

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcandela“a candle”
2. Latin · derived fromcandelarius“a candle-maker; a candlestick”
3. Old French · derived fromchandelier
4. Middle English · inherited fromchaundeler
5. English todaychandler

From Middle English chaundeler, from Old French chandelier, from Latin candelarius (“a candle-maker; a candlestick”), from the Latin candela (“a candle”); compare the English term candle.

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