Where does “ランプ” come from?
ランプ (Japanese) comes from English lamp, from Middle English laumpe, from Old French lampe, from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
ランプ (Japanese): a western-style oil lamp
Definitions
- a western-style oil lamp
Ancestry of “ランプ”, step by step
ランプ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lamp | A device that generates heat, light or other... |
| 2 | Middle English | laumpe | A lamp or light; A metaphorical light or fire; An... |
| 3 | Old French | lampe | lamp |
| 4 | Late Latin | lampada | Alternative form of lampas; lamp |
| 5 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |