Where does “lance” come from?

lance (Romanian) comes from Italian lancia, from Latin lancea, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- — to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

lance (Romanian): spear, lance

Definitions

  1. spear, lance

Ancestry of “lance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlancialance, spear; nozzle; skiff, launch
2Latinlanceathe Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

Words derived from “lance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- →Every word from Latin lancea →Every word from Italian lancia →