English
matchlit
From match + lit.
Proto-Germanic *makô ‘an equal’
Proto-West Germanic *makkjō
Old English mæċċa ‘companion’
Middle English macche ‘a bride or mate’
English match
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 Lit by means of a match.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / matchlit