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Meroving en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛɹəvɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *mārī Proto-West Germanic *wīg Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg 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 Merovingusbor. English Meroving From Medieval Latin Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg [a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)] + *-ing. By surface analysis, Merovech + -ing. Cognate with Old English Merewīoingas (a hapax legomenon in the genitive case).

Meanings

1. A descendant of Merovech; a Merovingian.
   • The decline of the Merovings was not due to some mysterious force incomprehensible to the human brain. 1932, George Philip Baker, Charlemagne and the United States of Europe, page 220:
   • The French had their Merouings, the old Kentiſh Kingdome here its Oiſcings, from Merouee and Oiſca. 1631, John Selden, Titles of Honor, page 51:
   • Sigibert III of the Merovings was a mere puppet under the control of his Mayor of the Palace. 1988, Bob Stewart, Charlemagne: Founder of the Holy Roman Empire, page 7:
   • THE FALL OF THE MEROVINGS AND THE RISE OF THE CAROLINGS 1902, Arthur Hassall, A Handbook of European History 476–1871, page 13:
   • Though the long-haired Merovings ruled from the Ebro to the Meuse […] 1875, James Stephen, Lectures on the History of France, page 686:
   • The Franks only found salvation in the growth of checks on the royal power by the development of the great provincial governors, and by the final deposition of the Merovings in favour of the great house of the descendants of St. Arnulf, the Mayors of the Palace, whose strong hand at last stayed the fratricidal wars of the seventh century. 1898, Charles Oman, The Dark Ages, 476–918, page 159:

Forms

Deriveds

Merovingianist · Merovingian

Relateds

Caroling · Arnulfing · Karoling · Karling · Carling · Luitpolding · Liudolfing

Translations (4)

la Merovingus (descendant of Merovech — see also Merovingian) · frm Merovinge (descendant of Merovech — see also Merovingian) · pl Merowing (descendant of Merovech — see also Merovingian) · fr Mérovinge (descendant of Merovech — see also Merovingian)