Where does “lançar” come from?

lançar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- — to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

lançar (Old Portuguese): to throw

Definitions

  1. to throw

Ancestry of “lançar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlanceāre—
2Latinlanceathe Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

Words derived from “lançar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- →Every word from Latin lancea →Every word from Latin lanceāre →