Where does “lancette” come from?

lancette (French) comes from Old French lancete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

lancette (French): A lancet, a sharp pointed medical instrument; A...

Definitions

  1. A lancet, a sharp pointed medical instrument; A...

Ancestry of “lancette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlancetesmall lance; lancet
2Old French-etévariant of -té
3Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
4Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “lancette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Old French -eté →Every word from Old French lancete →