English
Matilda
Matilda comes from Old French Mathilde, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Mahtihildizreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Mahtihildreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Mahthilt
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Mathilde
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Matilda
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Mahtihildizreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Mahtihildreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Mahthilt
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Mathilde
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Matilda
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book III, Canto III: “But wondrously begotten, and begonne / By false illusion…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz
Today it means
name A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz / Matilda