Lancelot
[ˈlæn.sə.lɒt]Meaning
possibly an Old French diminutive of Lanzo
Background Story
Lancelot comes from Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from the Frankish *Lanzo, a hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, with the Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot. Catalan borrowed the name from Old French. In Arthurian legend Lancelot is a knight of the Round Table, and his earliest appearance is in the work of the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, briefly in Erec and Enide and then as a main character in Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart.
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