myEtymology.com: English etymology of lampblack

Etymology of the English word lampblack

the English word lampblack

derived from the English word black

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhel-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *blak-

derived from the English word lamp

derived from the Old French word lampe

derived from the Latin word lampas (lamp, lantern; light)

derived from the Greek word lampas, λαμπάς (a 'lamp' or flambeau)

derived from the Greek word lampein, λάμπω

derived from the Vulgar Latin word lampada (lamp, lantern; light)