Where does “lance-pierre” come from?
lance-pierre (French) comes from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.
lance-pierre (French): slingshot
Definitions
- slingshot
Ancestry of “lance-pierre”, step by step
lance-pierre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pierre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pierre | stone |
| 2 | Middle French | pierre | stone |
| 3 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 4 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 5 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 6 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 7 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via French lancer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lancer | to throw; to start, to launch; a throw |
| 2 | Old French | lancier | — |
| 3 | French | lance | a spear, lance; a soldier armed with a lance; a... |
| 4 | Old French | lance | lance weapon |
| 5 | Latin | lancea | the Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂k- | to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,... |