"to launch, throw" in seven languages
Meaningto launch, throw
Spanish
lanzar
/lanˈθaɾ/
inherited
French
lancer
/lɑ̃se/
inherited
Italian
lanciare
/lanˈtʃare/
inherited
Portuguese
lançar
/lɐ̃ˈsah/
inherited
Romanian
lansa
/lanˈsa/
borrowed · French lancer
Catalan
llançar
/ʎənˈsa/
inherited
Catalan turns initial L- into ll-: LANCEĀRE → llançar, LŪNAM → lluna.
English
launch
/lɔntʃ/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French launcher
English → Italianto launch, throwlanciareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
LANCEĀRE (Late Latin)‘to wield a lance (LANCEA)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To launch was to hurl a lance. All three sisters use it for throwing a ball and for launching a product, and the soft c gives the usual θ / s / tʃ split.
English relatives: lance, lancet
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In a sentence
- esLanzarán el nuevo móvil en mayo.
- frIls vont lancer le nouveau téléphone en mai.
- itLanceranno il nuovo telefono a maggio.
- ptEles vão lançar o novo celular em maio.
- roVor lansa noul telefon în mai.
- caLlançaran el nou mòbil al maig.
- enThey will launch the new phone in May.
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