Meaning

noun having abundant light or illumination

noun apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film

noun the craft of providing artificial light

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English -ing English lighting From light + -ing.

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