lighting etymology

English word lighting comes from English light, English landlubber

Detailed word origin of lighting

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
light English (eng) Carrying little. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough. (in the plural, now, rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of [...]
landlubber English (eng) (nautical, pejorative) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.
lighting English (eng) The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.. The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.. The process of annealing metals.

Words with the same origin as lighting

Descendants of light
Auld Licht Maglite lidar lite marriage lite starlit
Descendants of landlubber
landlubbing