lanceiro

Portuguese

noun
Definitions
  • (military unit) spearman soldier armed with a spear

Etymology

Suffix from Portuguese lança inherited from Latin lanceārius, lancea (lance, spear, light spear, short javelin, long spear).

Origin

Latin

lancea

Gloss

lance, spear, light spear, short javelin, long spear

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms