Etymograph

English

Louise

Louise comes from Old French Looïs, and goes back to Frankish *Hlūdawīg.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*Hlūdawīgreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELudovicus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Looïs
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Loïs
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentLouis
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentLouise
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1890same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*Hlūdawīgreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELudovicus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Looïs
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Loïs
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentLouis
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentLouise
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1890same form

Earliest quotation: 1890, Arthur Weir: “Louise, thy stately name sounds in my ear /…”

Linked words

through French Louis

lew, 1 more

Today it means

name A female given name from French.

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

Etymograph / Frankish *Hlūdawīg / Louise

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