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Merovingian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌmɛ.ɹəˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/ (General-American)

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 Merovingī Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French Merovingienbor. English Merovingian From Middle French Merovingien (“of or relating to the Merovings, the descendants of Merovech”), from Medieval Latin Merovingī (“Merovings”) [plural of Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg (a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)) + *-ing] + Middle French -ien. (See Meroving for more.) By surface analysis, Meroving + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Merovings, the members of a Salian Frankish dynasty, descended from Merovech, that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.

Deriveds

Merovingian cursive

Translations (11)

hy մերովինգյան (of or relating to the Merovings) · pt merovíngio (of or relating to the Merovings) · ca merovingi (of or relating to the Merovings) · pl merowiński (of or relating to the Merovings) · ru меровингский (of or relating to the Merovings) · it merovingio (of or relating to the Merovings) · ga Meirvínseach (of or relating to the Merovings) · frm Merovingien (of or relating to the Merovings) · fr mérovingien (of or relating to the Merovings) · da merovingisk (of or relating to the Merovings) · fi merovingi- (of or relating to the Merovings)

Merovingian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌmɛ.ɹəˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/ (General-American)

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 Merovingī Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French Merovingienbor. English Merovingian From Middle French Merovingien (“of or relating to the Merovings, the descendants of Merovech”), from Medieval Latin Merovingī (“Merovings”) [plural of Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg (a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)) + *-ing] + Middle French -ien. (See Meroving for more.) By surface analysis, Meroving + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A member of the Merovingian dynasty.

Forms

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Synonyms

Meroving

Translations (15)

frm Merovinge (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · da merovinger (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · ga Meirvínseach (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · hy Մերովինգ (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · fr Mérovinge (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · ca merovingi (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · da merovingerne (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · la Merovingus (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · is Mervíkingur (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · fr Mérovingien (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · ru Меровинг (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · it Merovingio (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · is Meróvingar (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · pl Merowing (member of the Merovingian dynasty) · el Μεροβίγγειος (member of the Merovingian dynasty)