Lancelot

• 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.

Cognate with Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæn.sə.lɒt/, /ˈlɑːn.sə.lɒt/

Lancelot

1. (Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the round table, a lover of Guinevere.
2. A male given name.

• 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."

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From English Lancelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish Lanzo, pet name for male names beginning in Land-, and Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot.

Lancelot

1. (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the round table, a lover of Guinevere
2. a male given name

From Old French Lancelot

• lãcelot (manuscript form)
• lancelot (manuscript form)

Lancelot

1. Lancelot (fictional character)

From 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).

Lancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)

1. Lancelot (fictional character)