candeo.
to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white
Meaning & usage
to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white
to glow (with heat), to be glowing hot, to be hot
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *kandēō (earlier *kandējō), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend- (“to shine, glow”). Cognate with Welsh cann (“brilliant”), Albanian hënë (“moon”), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “shining”), as well as perhaps Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, “charcoal”), English kindle, and Old Armenian խանդ (xand).
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