Where does “launchen” come from?

launchen (Middle English) comes from Old French lanchier, from Old French lancier, from French lance, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- — to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

launchen (Middle English): to throw as a lance

Definitions

  1. to throw as a lance

Ancestry of “launchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlanchier—
2Old Frenchlancier—
3Frenchlancea spear, lance; a soldier armed with a lance; a...
4Old Frenchlancelance weapon
5Latinlanceathe Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

Words derived from “launchen”

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