Where does “லாந்தர்” come from?

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

லாந்தர் (Tamil): lantern

Definitions

  1. lantern

Ancestry of “லாந்தர்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlanternelantern; street light; first-person singular...
2Old Frenchlanternelantern
3Latinlanternalantern, lamp; torch
4Ancient Greekλαμπτήρlighter, torch, lantern
5Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήρ →Every word from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ →