Where does “Glühlampe” come from?
Glühlampe (German) comes from German lampe, from French lampe, from Middle French lampe, from Old French lampe, from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς — sound, voice.
Glühlampe (German): incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp
Definitions
- incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp
Ancestry of “Glühlampe”, step by step
Glühlampe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German lampe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lampe | lamp, light piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets |
| 2 | French | lampe | lamp, light; bulb; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | lampe | lamp |
| 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 |