Where does “lancagar” come from?
lancagar (Ido) comes from Ido agar, from Esperanto aĝi, from Esperanto aĝo, from French âge, from Middle French âge, from Old French aige, from Old French edage, from Old French aage — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
lancagar (Ido): to spear, to lance
Definitions
- to spear, to lance
Ancestry of “lancagar”, step by step
lancagar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido agar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | agar | to do, act |
| 2 | Esperanto | aĝi | to have a certain age |
| 3 | Esperanto | aĝo | age |
| 4 | French | âge | age |
| 5 | Middle French | âge | — |
| 6 | Old French | aige | Alternative form of aage |
| 7 | Old French | edage | Alternative form of aage |
| 8 | Old French | aage | age |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 10 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 11 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via Ido lanco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | lanco | lance, spear |
| 2 | Esperanto | lanco | lance, spear |
| 3 | English | Lance | by folk etymology associated with a lance |
| 4 | English | launce | Obsolete form of lance; sand eel, sand lance,... |
| 5 | Old French | lance | lance weapon |
| 6 | Latin | lancea | the Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂k- | to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,... |