English
Julian
Julian comes from Latin Iūlius ‘of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIūlius‘of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEIūliānus
- Englishearliest quotation 2020Julian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIūlius‘of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEIūliānus
- Englishearliest quotation 2020Julian
Earliest quotation: 2020, Oliver Darcy, Meet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Tr: “Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University history professor and CNN…”
Every English word from Latin Iūlius
Today it means
name The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Philosopher or Julian the Apostate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Iūlius / Julian