English word launch comes from Latin lanceare, Latin lanceo|lancere, Latin lancea, Latin -one(-onem|m), and later French lancer (To start, to launch. To throw (baseball) a pitch. A throw.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| lanceare | Latin (lat) | |
| lanceo|lancere | Latin (lat) | |
| lancea | Latin (lat) | The Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light spear or lance. |
| -one(-onem|m) | Latin (lat) | |
| lance | French (fr) | (military) a soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. A hose. A spear, lance. |
| lanceo | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, intransitive) I wield or handle a lance. (Medieval Latin, transitive, construed with accusative of object) I launch or shoot (especially something akin to a javelin or spear). (Medieval Latin, transitive, construed with accusative of person) I pierce (someone) through with a pike, sword, dagger, vel sim. |
| lanceāre | Late Latin (LL) | |
| lancer | French (fr) | To start, to launch. To throw (baseball) a pitch. A throw. |
| lancier | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| launchen | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| launch | English (en) | (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning.. (transitive) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat.. (transitive) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.. (transitive) To throw, as a lance or dart; [...] |