English

Fitzalan

From Fitz- + Alan.

Formed from Fitz- + Alan

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’

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Proto-Italic *fīlios ‘son’

Latin fīlius ‘son’

Old French fiz

Anglo-Norman fitz

English Fitz-

Old Breton Alan

English Alan

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Fitzalan