English
lampwick
From lamp + wick.
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-West Germanic *weukā ‘flax bundle’
Old English wēoce
Middle English wek ‘fibrous cord drawing fuel to flame of a…’
English wick
Today it means
noun A wick of a lamp, usually an oil lamp.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lampwick