Etymograph

English

lampmaker

From lamp + maker.

A compound of lamp + maker

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

Old English macian ‘to perform or carry out (a miracle)’

Middle English maken ‘to make or create’

Middle English maker ‘God as creator of all’

English maker

Today it means

noun A manufacturer of lamps.

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

Etymograph / lampmaker