The chandelier, the candidate, and the word "candid" all glow with the same Latin fire — candēre, to shine white-hot — and Spanish calls it a spider.
A decorative hanging light fixture with multiple branches for holding candles or light bulbs, typically ornate and used as a centerpiece in large rooms.
From French chandelier (candlestick holder), from Old French chandelabre, from chandelle (candle), from Latin candela (candle, taper), from candēre (to shine, glow white-hot) Key roots: candela (Latin: "candle, taper"), candēre (Latin: "to shine, glow, be white-hot"), *kand- (Proto-Indo-European: "to shine").
The same Latin root that gives us chandelier also gives us 'candid' (originally meaning white/pure), 'candidate' (Roman office-seekers wore white togas), and 'incandescent' (glowing with heat). The world's largest chandelier is in the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman — 14 meters tall, 8 meters wide, weighing 8.5 tonnes. Crystal chandeliers became symbols of aristocratic luxury in 17th-century