Where does “Lampion” come from?
Lampion (German) comes from French lampion, from Italian lampione, from Italian lampa, from Old French lampe, from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς — sound, voice.
Lampion (German): paper lantern
Ancestry of “Lampion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | lampion | Chinese lantern |
| 2 | Italian | lampione | streetlight, streetlamp, lamppost |
| 3 | Italian | lampa | lamp; light |
| 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 | — |
| 15 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
Words derived from “Lampion”