masc. proper name, Old French, a double-diminutive of Frankish Lanzo, itself a shortened pet-name (hypocoristic) of one of the many Germanic names in Land- (compare Old English Landbeorht "land-bright;" see Lambert).
lamp-shade
lamp-stand
lamp-wick
Lancaster
lance
Lancelot
lanceolate
lancer
lancet
land
landau
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