English
lightpole
From light + pole.
Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘to shine’
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Proto-Germanic *leuhtą
Proto-West Germanic *leuht ‘light’
Old English lēoht
Middle English light ‘light, illumination’
English light
Latin pālus ‘stake, pale, prop, stay’
Proto-West Germanic *pālu ‘pole, stake’
Proto-West Germanic *pāl
Old English pāl ‘a pole, stake, post’
Middle English pole ‘pole, stake, staff’
English pole
Today it means
noun Synonym of streetlight (“any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lightpole