Where does “linterna” come from?

linterna (Spanish) 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...

linterna (Spanish): lantern; flashlight, torch

Definitions

  1. lantern; flashlight, torch

Ancestry of “linterna”, 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...

Words derived from “linterna”

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