English

lampkeeper

From lamp + keeper.

A compound of lamp + keeper

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

Middle English kepere

Today it means

noun The person in charge of the Davy lamps in a mine.

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

Etymograph / lampkeeper