English
lanceolar
Lanceolar comes from Latin lanceola ‘a little lance’, and goes back to lancea.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElancea‘lance’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElanceola‘a little lance’diminutive of lancea
- Englishtodaylanceolar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElancea‘lance’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElanceola‘a little lance’diminutive of lancea
- Englishtodaylanceolar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- ‘to hit’
plant, peel, plague, fling, plaintive, 11 more
through Latin lancea ‘lance’
Today it means
adj lanceolate
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lancea / lanceolar