English
Tudor
Tudor comes from Welsh Tudur ‘Theodoric’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *Toutorīxs.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*Toutorīxsroot as named · steps between not traced
- Welshc. 1500–presentTudur‘Theodoric’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Tudor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*Toutorīxsroot as named · steps between not traced
- Welshc. 1500–presentTudur‘Theodoric’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Tudor
Earliest quotation: 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout: “A massive Tudor estate with a circular driveway, it…”
Every English word from Proto-Celtic *Toutorīxs
Today it means
noun A monarch of the English royal family during the sixteenth century, specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *Toutorīxs / Tudor