Lothaire

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós

Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”)

Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander”)

Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz

Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdharibor.

Medieval Latin Lothariusbor.

Middle French Lothaire

French Lothaire

Inherited from Middle French Lothaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharius, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz, from *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) or *harjaz (“army; commander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.tɛʁ/

Proper noun

Lothaire m

1. a male given name from Middle French Lothaire [in turn from Medieval Latin Lotharius, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari]

Related terms

• Lorraine
• Lotharingie

Middle French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós

Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”)

Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander”)

Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz

Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdharibor.

Medieval Latin Lothariusbor.

Middle French Lothaire

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharius, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz, from *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) or *harjaz (“army; commander”).

Proper noun

Lothaire m

1. a male given name from Medieval Latin Lotharius [in turn from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari]
   • 1570, Louis Le Roy, Exhortation aux françois pour vivre en concorde, et iouir du bien de la paix, folio 25v:

     Car celle vertu commença incontinent à diminuer en la troiſieſme generation, & ſoubs Lothaire et ſes enfants fut tant aneantie, que defaillãs les Carlinges, comme auoiẽt faict les Merouinges : Hugues Capet print le maniement du Royaume.

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Related terms

• Lotharinge
• Lotharingie

Descendants

• → English: Lothair
• French: Lothaire