Where does “lampist” come from?
lampist (Romanian) comes 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, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς — sound, voice.
lampist (Romanian): a worker responsible for maintaining lamps and for issuing them from the lamp room at the start of a shift; lampman
Definitions
- a worker responsible for maintaining lamps and for issuing them from the lamp room at the start of a shift; lampman
Ancestry of “lampist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lampiste | lampmaker, an artisan who makes and sells lamps |
| 2 | French | lampe | lamp, light; bulb; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | lampe | lamp |
| 4 | Old French | lampe | lamp |
| 5 | Late Latin | lampada | Alternative form of lampas; lamp |
| 6 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 15 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |