Where does “lanterne” come from?

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

lanterne (Old French): lantern

Definitions

  1. lantern

Ancestry of “lanterne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lanterne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήρ →Every word from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ →