English
Mildred
Mildred comes from Old English Mildþrȳþ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Mildþrȳþ
- Englishearliest quotation 1915Mildred
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Mildþrȳþ
- Englishearliest quotation 1915Mildred
Earliest quotation: 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage: “One day Dunsford told him her name was Mildred.…”
A compound of Mildþrȳþ ‘mild’ + þrȳþ ‘strength’
Proto-Indo-European *treh₁w- ‘to nourish, to grow’
Proto-Germanic *þrewwaną ‘to grow, to thrive’
Proto-Germanic *þrūþiz ‘strength’
Proto-West Germanic *þrūþi ‘strength’
Old English þrȳþ ‘strength’
Every English word from Old English Mildþrȳþ
Today it means
name A female given name from Old English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Mildþrȳþ / Mildred