alaric
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Definition of alaric
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
- A historic king of the Visigoths.
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name
- A historic king of the Visigoths.
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(rare)A male given name from Gothic.
“We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Alarīks Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*alareiks)der. English Alaric From Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks.
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