An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Any of various devices producing artificial light, as by electricity, gas, or oil.

Etymology (EN): From O.Fr. lampe, from L. lampas, from Gk. lampas “torch, lamp, beacon, meteor, light,” from lampein “to shine,” from PIE base *lap- “to shine” (cf. Lith. lope “light,” O.Ir. lassar “flame”).

Etymology (PE): Lâmp, loanword from Fr., as above.
Cerâq “lamp” (variants Kurd. cira, cerâh, Laki cerâx, Zâzâ cərâ, cərâx “lamp, candle,” Shughni cirow, cirâw, cərêγ “candle, lamp”); Mid.Pers. cirâq “lamp,” related to foruq “light,”
afruxtan “to light, kindle,” rowšan “bright, clear,” rowzan “window, aperture;” ruz “day;”
Mid.Pers. rôšn “light; bright, luminous,” rôc “day;” O.Pers. raucah-rocânak “window;” O.Pers. raocah- “light, luminous; daylight;”
Av. raocana- “bright, shining, radiant;”
akin to Skt. rocaná- “bright, shining,” roka- “brightness, light;” Gk. leukos “white, clear;” L. lux “light” (also lumen, luna); Fr. lumière; E. light; O.E. leoht, leht, from W.Gmc. *leukhtam (cf. O.Fris. liacht, M.Du. lucht, Ger. Licht), from PIE *leuk- “light, brightness.”