English
Humbert
Humbert comes from Old English Hunbeorht.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Hunbeorht
- Englishearliest quotation 1955Humbert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Hunbeorht
- Englishearliest quotation 1955Humbert
Earliest quotation: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita: “Humbert Humbert", their author, had died in legal captivity,…”
A compound of *hūnaz ‘offspring, (bear) cub’ + *berhtaz ‘bright’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱūnós ‘swollen’
Proto-Germanic *hūnaz ‘offspring, (bear) cub’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s
Proto-Germanic *berhtaz ‘bright’
Every English word from Old English Hunbeorht
Today it means
name A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Hunbeorht / Humbert