English

Caroling

Caroling may come from Medieval Latin Carolingus ‘Caroling, Carolingian’.

Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Carolingus‘Caroling, Carolingian’uncertain
Englishearliest quotation 1878Caroling

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Carolingus‘Caroling, Carolingian’uncertain
Englishearliest quotation 1878Caroling

Earliest quotation: 1878, James Cotter Morison, Gibbon: “The wonderful house of the Carolings, which produced no…”

Equivalent to Carolus + -ing

Proto-Germanic *karilaz ‘free man’

Latin Carolus

English Carolus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’

corn, grain, granite, kernel, garner, kern, grange, garnet, geriatrics, granary, granule, 13 more

through Proto-Germanic *karilaz ‘free man’

carl, karl, 5 more

through Proto-West Germanic *karil ‘free peasant, churl’

churlish, 2 more

Today it means

noun A descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Medieval Latin Carolingus / Caroling

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