Etymograph

English

Luis

Luis comes from Old French Louis, and goes back to Latin Ludovīcus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELudovīcus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Louis
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentLuis
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELudovīcus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Louis
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentLuis
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

Earliest quotation: 2025, Priscilla Alvarez, Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforce: “In Tucker, another Atlanta suburb, an undocumented man attending…”

Every English word from Latin Ludovīcus

Today it means

name A male given name from Spanish.

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

Etymograph / Latin Ludovīcus / Luis

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