karoling
/ˈkærəlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”)
Example Sentences
- "The Karolings of this last period have little to distinguish or ennoble them; they slowly drift towards extinction; it is scarcely worth our while to trace their course."
- "Gaul, on the death of Charles III., becomes for just 100 years the object of contention between the last of the Karolings and the rising house of Capet, between the Imperial German-speaking city of Laon and the ducal French-speaking city of Paris."
- "The fall of the Karolings had doubtless been hastened by the suspicions which the great barons, whose lands had been at first benefices granted in return for services at court, entertained towards the dynasty whose privileges they had usurped, and which had the right to reclaim the estates."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Karolingusbor. English Karoling From Medieval Latin Karolingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Carolus + -ing.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Karolingus, -, *karil
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈkærəlɪŋ/