Where does “lampisteria” come from?
lampisteria (Italian) comes from Catalan lampista, from French lampiste, from French lampe, from Middle French lampe, from Old French lampe, from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς — sound, voice.
lampisteria (Italian): lamp room
Definitions
- lamp room
Ancestry of “lampisteria”, step by step
lampisteria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan lampista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | lampista | electrician |
| 2 | French | lampiste | lampmaker, an artisan who makes and sells lamps |
| 3 | French | lampe | lamp, light; bulb; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Middle French | lampe | lamp |
| 5 | Old French | lampe | lamp |
| 6 | Late Latin | lampada | Alternative form of lampas; lamp |
| 7 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 11 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 14 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 15 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 16 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Italian lampa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lampa | lamp; light |