Where does “candelă” come from?
candelă (Romanian) comes from French candela, from Latin candēla, from Latin candeō, from Proto-Italic kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European kand- — to shine, glow.
candelă (Romanian): oil lamp; candela
Definitions
- oil lamp; candela
Ancestry of “candelă”, step by step
candelă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French candela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | candela | candela (SI unit of luminous intensity) |
| 2 | Latin | candēla | A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper |
| 3 | Latin | candeō | to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kandēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kand- | to shine, glow |
via Greek καντήλα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | καντήλα | hanging lamp in Eastern Orthodox churches, hung in front of an iconostasis |