English Explanatory Dictionary

Lotharingia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Pronunciation

/ˌləʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒɪ.ə/ /ˌloʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒi.ə/ /ˌloʊ.θəɹˈɪn.dʒi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lotharingia.wav

Word forms

Lotharingia

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari 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 Lōtharingus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Medieval Latin -ius Medieval Latin -ia Medieval Latin Lotharingiabor. English Lotharingia Borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, from Lōtharingus (“a member of the dynasty or of the people of King Lothair II; a Lotharing, a Lotharian”) + -ia (suffix forming country names). Doublet of Lorraine. Lothair II inherited this land from his father Lothair I upon the partition of Middle Francia. More at Chlothar.

Related words

Lothringia Lorraine

Derived words

Lotharingian
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