Where does “streetlighting” come from?
streetlighting (English) comes from English street, from Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō — sterile, infertile.
streetlighting (English): Illumination by streetlights
Definitions
- Illumination by streetlights
Ancestry of “streetlighting”, step by step
streetlighting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English street
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | street | A paved part of road, usually in a village or a... |
| 2 | Middle English | strete | A road or path connecting two settlements or... |
| 3 | Old English | strǣt | road; a road, a town-road, a street, a paved... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 5 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 6 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English lighting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lighting | The equipment used to provide illumination; the... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |