Etymograph

English

candent

Candent comes from Latin candeō ‘to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend- ‘to shine, glow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kend-‘to shine, glow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kandēōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcandeōas candere‘to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcandentem
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1958candent

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kend-‘to shine, glow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kandēōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcandeōas candere‘to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcandentem
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1958candent

Earliest quotation: 1958, Lawrence Durrell: “beneath them also flowered, like some immense coloured crystal,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend- ‘to shine, glow’

candidature, 7 more

through Proto-Italic *kandēō

candida, 8 more

through Latin candeō ‘to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated’

candidate, chandler, candle, candid, incendiary, chandelier, incandescent, candor, 9 more

Today it means

adj Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend- / candent

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