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Rothschild

Rothschild comes from German Rothschild ‘a very rich person, especially one active in…’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentRothschild‘a very rich person, especially one active in the financial world’literally ‘red shield’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentRothschild‘a very rich person, especially one active in the financial world’literally ‘red shield’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

Earliest quotation: 2020, Maureen O'Hare, ‘Price of blood’: Financial London’s grim history revealed i: “A modern glass edifice nearby houses the headquarters of…”

The story

Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).

Every English word from German Rothschild

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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