Etymograph

English

lamplit

From lamp + lit.

Formed from lamp + lit

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 *wel- ‘to see’

Proto-Germanic *wlitiz ‘countenance, face’

Old Norse litr ‘colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance’

Middle English lit

English lit

Today it means

adj Illuminated by a lamp or lamps.

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

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