Where does “arclampa” come from?
arclampa (Irish) comes from Irish lampa, from Old French lampe, from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.
arclampa (Irish): arc-lamp
Definitions
- arc-lamp
Ancestry of “arclampa”, step by step
arclampa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish lampa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | lampa | lamp; Alternative form of lumpa |
| 2 | Old French | lampe | lamp |
| 3 | Late Latin | lampada | Alternative form of lampas; lamp |
| 4 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Irish arc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | arc | piglet; diminutive animal or person; arc |
| 2 | Old Irish | orc | piglet |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | ɸorkos | pork, piglet |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |