Where does “floodlamp” come from?
floodlamp (English) comes from English lamp, from Middle English laumpe, from Old French lampe, from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
floodlamp (English): floodlight
Definitions
- floodlight
Ancestry of “floodlamp”, step by step
floodlamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lamp | A device that generates heat, light or other... |
| 2 | Middle English | laumpe | A lamp or light; A metaphorical light or fire; An... |
| 3 | Old French | lampe | lamp |
| 4 | Late Latin | lampada | Alternative form of lampas; lamp |
| 5 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English flood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flood | A overflow of water from a lake or other body of... |
| 2 | Middle English | flod | A waterbody or water in general; A flood; a... |
| 3 | Old English | flōd | river, flood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | flōdu | river; flood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flōduz | river; flood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |