English
fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance comes from French fer de lance ‘spearhead’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfer de lance‘spearhead’
- Englishtodayfer-de-lance
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfer de lance‘spearhead’
- Englishtodayfer-de-lance
Every English word from French fer de lance
Today it means
noun Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French fer de lance / fer-de-lance