Albert
Meanings
name
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- A constituency in Belize
- A city in Kansas.
- A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of Two Borders.
- A town in New South Wales.
- A ghost town in Texas.
- A locality in the Lachlan council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
- A crater on the Moon
noun
- Synonym of Albert chain.
noun
- Alternative form of Albert.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aþalą Proto-West Germanic *aþal Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s Proto-Germanic *berhtaz Proto-West Germanic *berht Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht Old English Æþelbeorht Latin Albertusder. Old French Albertder. English Albert From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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