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Where does “lancete” come from?

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

lancete (Old French): small lance; lancet

Definitions

  1. small lance; lancet

Ancestry of “lancete”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lancete”

  • lancet
  • lancetfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →