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English word candle comes from Proto-Indo-European *kand-, Latin candere, and later Old English candel (Candle.)
*kand- (Proto-Indo-European)
candere (Latin)
candeo (Latin)
I am brilliant, glittering or illuminated; I shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white.. I glow (with heat), I am glowing hot, I am hot.
candela (Latin)
A cord covered with wax.. A fire.. A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper.
candel (Old English)
Candle.
candel (Middle English)
candle (English)
(embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.. (pottery) To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.. To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye. (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward- [...]