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light (adj.2)
"not dark," Old English
leoht
, common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German
lioht
, Old Frisian
liacht
, German
licht
"bright," from the source of Old English
leoht
(see
light
(n.)). Meaning "pale-hued" is from 1540s.