Word Origin Summary

Candēlābrum is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• canelobre

  Catalan · inherited from

• シャンデリア

  Japanese · derived from

• 샹들리에

  Korean · borrowed from

• kandelabro

  IDO · derived from

• candélabre

  French · borrowed from

• candelabro

  Spanish · borrowed from

• candelabru

  Romanian · borrowed from

• chandelier

  French · inherited from

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