Where does “launcet” come from?

launcet (Middle English) 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.

launcet (Middle English): lancet surgical instrument

Definitions

  1. lancet surgical instrument

Ancestry of “launcet”, 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 “launcet

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós
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