Dictionary

Karoling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkærəlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Karolingusbor. English Karoling From Medieval Latin Karolingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Carolus + -ing.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”)
   alt of Caroling
   • Gaul, on the death of Charles III., becomes for just 100 years the object of contention between the last of the Karolings and the rising house of Capet, between the Imperial German-speaking city of Laon and the ducal French-speaking city of Paris. 1887, A. H. Johnson, The Normans in Europe, New York, page 39:
   • The Karolings of this last period have little to distinguish or ennoble them; they slowly drift towards extinction; it is scarcely worth our while to trace their course. 1873, G. W. Kitchin, A History of France, Oxford, page 175:
   • The fall of the Karolings had doubtless been hastened by the suspicions which the great barons, whose lands had been at first benefices granted in return for services at court, entertained towards the dynasty whose privileges they had usurped, and which had the right to reclaim the estates. 1895, R. W. Egerton Eastwick, editor, The Oracle Encyclopædia, volume 2, London, page 716:

Forms

Deriveds

Karolingian