Candelabra, candid, and candidate all glow with the same Latin root — candēre, to shine white-hot — connecting branched candlesticks to honest speech and Roman politics.
A large branched candlestick or lamp stand, typically ornamental, designed to hold several candles or lights.
From Latin candelabrum (candlestick), from candela (candle, taper), from candēre (to shine, glow, be white-hot). The English form candelabra is technically the Latin plural, used as a singular Key roots: candela (Latin: "candle, taper"), candēre (Latin: "to shine, glow, be white-hot"), *kand- (Proto-Indo-European: "to shine, glow").