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Chandelier

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a decorative, branched light fixture that hangs from the ceiling
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candela
Latin · ancient
"candle"
meaning "candle"
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Stage 2 of 3
chandelier
French · medieval
"a candle-holder"
named the branched candle-holder
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chandelier
English · 1700s
"an ornate, branched ceiling light fixture"
adopted directly from French
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