Lancelot
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.
Related to Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLancelot (countable and uncountable, plural Lancelots)
- (Arthurian legend) One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Synonym: Lance
- 1921, P.G.Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, page 162:
- "What's the first name?" - - -
"I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!"
"Good God!" said Archie.
"It couldn't really be that, could it?"
Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest.
"It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker."
- A surname.
- A ghost town in the Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.
Translations
editthe knight
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French Lancelot.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLancelot m
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French Lancelot.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLancelot m
- (Arthurian legend) Lancelot
- a male given name from Middle French, equivalent to English Lancelot
Middle French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French Lancelot.
Proper noun
editLancelot
Descendants
edit- French: Lancelot
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.
Cognate with Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).
Proper noun
editLancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)
Descendants
edit- Middle French: Lancelot
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