Where does “lançar” come from?

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

lançar (Portuguese): to launch; to throw or shoot

Definitions

  1. to launch; to throw or shoot

Ancestry of “lançar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselançarto throw
2Latinlanceāre—
3Latinlanceathe Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light...
4Proto-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 →