Words that come from Old French lance

79 words across 19 languages descend from Old French lance — including lance, freelance, lances, lancet, elan, freelancer, lancer, élan.

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English (23)

French (13)

Finnish (7)

German (5)

Ido (4)

Esperanto (3)

Old French (3)

Romanian (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Portuguese (3)

Dutch (2)

Faroese (2)

Japanese (2)

Middle French (1)

Danish (1)

Korean (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Swedish (1)

Middle High German (1)