lamp

The story

1. Ancient Greekλᾰ́μπω (lắmpō)
2. Ancient Greekλᾰμπᾰ́ς (lămpắs)
3. Medieval Greekλαμπάδα (lampáda)
4. Late Latinlampada
5. Old Frenchlampe
6. Middle Englishlaumpe
7. English todaylamp

From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).

Words from the same roots