lamp

lamp
lamp (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. lampe "lamp, lights" (12c.), from L. lampas "a light, torch, flambeau," from Gk. lampas "torch, lamp, beacon, meteor, light," from lampein "to shine," from nasalized form of PIE root *lap- "to shine" (Cf. Lith. lope "light," O.Ir. lassar "flame"). Replaced O.E. leohtfæt "light vessel." To smell of the lamp "be a product of laborious night study" is from 1570s.

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