English
lamp flora
From lamp (“artificial light”) + flora (“plant life”).
A compound of lamp ‘artificial light’ + flora ‘plant life’
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- ‘to shine’
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Latin lampas ‘torch, lamp, light’
Late Latin lampada
Old French lampe ‘lamp, light’
Middle English laumpe ‘a lamp or light’
English lamp
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘bloom, flower’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s ~ *bʰl̥h₃s-és
Latin *flōs ‘flower’
Latin Flōra
English flora
Today it means
noun Synonym of lampenflora.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lamp flora