Etymology

lamppost

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Today it means: The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight. Full definition →

English post ← Middle English post ← Old French post
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  1. Ancient Greekλᾰ́μπω (lắmpō)
  2. Ancient Greekλᾰμπᾰ́ς (lămpắs)
  3. Medieval Greekλαμπάδα (lampáda)
  4. Late Latinlampada
  5. Old Frenchlampe
  6. Middle Englishlaumpe
  7. Englishlamp
  8. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  11. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥-sth₂-i-s
  13. Proto-Italic*porstis
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  17. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó-sth₂-i-s
  19. Proto-Italic*postis
  20. Latinpostis
  21. Old Englishpost
  22. Latinpostis
  23. Old Frenchpost
  24. Middle Englishpost
  25. Englishpost
  26. English todaylamppost

From lamp + post.

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