English

lampmaking

From lamp + making.

A compound of lamp + making

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 macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of lamps.

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

Etymograph / lampmaking