The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*landą“land”
- Frankish · derived from*Lanzo
- Old French · derived fromLancelot
- Middle English · inherited fromLauncelot
- English todayLancelot
From 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).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*landą all →
landlawnLanglielaund
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.