candelero

A semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin candēlārius, from Latin candēla (“candle”), from candeō (“I shine, glow”).

• IPA^(key): /kandeˈleɾo/

candelero m (plural candeleros)

1. candlestick
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 76r.

     e ṕſo el altar de oro ela meſa e los cádeleros e las lápadas e todo el guarniment de oro q́ era é la caſa del ćador

     And he took the altar of gold and the table and the candlesticks and the lamps and all the furnishings of gold that were in the House of the Creator.

• candela

• Spanish: candelero

From Old Spanish candelero, a semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin candēlārius. Analyzable as candela (“candle”) +‎ -ero. Compare Portuguese candeeiro, Catalan candeler, French chandelier, Italian candelaio.

candelero m (plural candeleros)

1. candlestick
2. (nautical) stanchion
3. maker or seller of candles; chandler

• en el candelero

• candelabro

• “candelero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014