Etymograph

English

Harry

Harry comes from Old French Henri, and goes back to Latin Henrīcus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHenrīcus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Henri
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599Harry

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHenrīcus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Henri
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599Harry

Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I;…”

Every English word from Latin Henrīcus

Today it means

name A male given name.

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

Etymograph / Latin Henrīcus / Harry

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