English
Rodriguez
Rodriguez comes from Spanish Rodríguez ‘son of Rodrigo’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Hrōþirīksreconstructed
- Gothicc. 300–600hrōþireikstransliteratedGothic script hrōþireiks, a transliterationreconstructed
- Spanishc. 1500–presentRodrigo
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentRodríguez‘son of Rodrigo’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Rodriguez
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Hrōþirīksreconstructed
- Gothicc. 300–600hrōþireikstransliteratedGothic script hrōþireiks, a transliterationreconstructed
- Spanishc. 1500–presentRodrigo
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentRodríguez‘son of Rodrigo’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Rodriguez
Earliest quotation: 2025, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Audrey Ash: “The PSL on Thursday said in a statement on…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks
Today it means
name A patrilineal surname from Spanish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks / Rodriguez