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English

Frederick

Frederick comes from German Friedrich, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Friþurīksreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Friþurīkreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Fridurih
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentFriedrich
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1892Frederick

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Friþurīksreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Friþurīkreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Fridurih
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentFriedrich
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1892Frederick

Earliest quotation: 1892, Robert Grant, The Reflections of a Married Man: “When I referred to the confusion which would result…”

The story

From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz (‘peace’) + *rīks (‘king, ruler’), literally “peace king, peaceful ruler”.

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks

Today it means

name A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks / Frederick

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