English
lampholder
From lamp + holder.
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- ‘to shine’
…
Latin lampas ‘torch, lamp, light’
Late Latin lampada
Old French lampe ‘lamp, light’
Middle English laumpe ‘a lamp or light’
English lamp
Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to hold, to keep’
Proto-West Germanic *haldan ‘to hold’
Old English healdan ‘to hold fast, to grasp’
Middle English holden ‘to hold’
English hold
English holder
Today it means
noun A fitting into which an electric lamp can be inserted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lampholder