Where does “lampshading” come from?
lampshading (English) comes from English lampshade, 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 — sound, voice.
lampshading (English): The practice of decorating lampshades; present...
Definitions
- The practice of decorating lampshades; present...
Ancestry of “lampshading”, step by step
lampshading traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lampshade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lampshade | A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light... |
| 2 | English | lamp | A device that generates heat, light or other... |
| 3 | Middle English | laumpe | A lamp or light; A metaphorical light or fire; An... |
| 4 | Old French | lampe | lamp |
| 5 | Late Latin | lampada | Alternative form of lampas; lamp |
| 6 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 15 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |