Rothschild en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹəʊ̯t.ʃɪld/
- /ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).
Meanings
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A surname from German.
A modern glass edifice nearby houses the headquarters of the illustrious Rothschild banking family. It was the Rothschilds who in the 1830s arranged that recently paid-off £20 million loan to the British government to reimburse slaveowners after the trade ended – said to be equivalent to some £300 billion in today’s money.
2020 October 2, Maureen O'Hare, “‘Price of blood’: Financial London’s grim history revealed in new tour”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rothchild | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Rothschilds | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Rothschildren | Number=Plur | nonstandard | lexicographic |