Chandelier
mid 18th century: from French, from chandelle ‘candle’, from Latin candela, from candere ‘be white, glisten’.
wiktionary
Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela(“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. see candle.
etymonline
chandelier (n.)
"branched cluster of lights suspended from a ceiling," 1736, from Middle English chaundeler "candlestick" (late 14c.), from Old French chandelier (n.1), 12c., earlier chandelabre "candlestick, candelabrum" (10c.), from Latin candelabrum, from candela "candle" (see candle).
Originally a candlestick, then a cluster of them; finally a distinction was made (with a re-spelling mid-18c. in French fashion; during 17c. the French spelling referred to a military device), between a candelabrum, which stands, and a chandelier, which hangs.
