Words that come from Old French lance

168 words across 33 languages descend from Old French lance — including launch, Lance, lance, freelance, lances, launcher, lancet, elan.

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English (55)

French (16)

Finnish (11)

Romanian (8)

Polish (7)

German (7)

Swedish (7)

Esperanto (6)

Portuguese (6)

Dutch (5)

Ido (5)

Old French (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle English (3)

Faroese (2)

Japanese (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle French (1)

Cebuano (1)

Danish (1)

Korean (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)

Russian (1)

Czech (1)

Turkish (1)

Maltese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Macedonian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Persian (1)

Gulf Arabic (1)

Words from Old French lance — 168 descendants | Etymology Explorer