Where does “lanternone” come from?

lanternone (Italian) comes from Italian lanterna, from Latin lanterna, from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

lanternone (Italian): A large lantern, carried on a pole in...

Definitions

  1. A large lantern, carried on a pole in...

Ancestry of “lanternone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlanternalantern; lighthouse
2Latinlanternalantern, lamp; torch
3Ancient Greekλαμπτήρlighter, torch, lantern
4Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →