lamp English · revision 13222

− It is Middle English lampe, laumpe, [[bor|fro|lampe|t=lamp, lights]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, a torch,^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline) from Greek [[m|grc|λαμπάς|tr=lampás|t=torch, lamp, beacon, meteor]], from [[m|grc|λάμπειν|tr=lámpein|t=to shine]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) perhaps from a nasalized form of PIE *lehp-, to light, glow, source also of Old Irish lassair, flame, Lithuanian lópė, light, and Hittite lap-, to glow.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)