meroving
/ˈmɛɹəvɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A descendant of Merovech; a Merovingian.
Example Sentences
- "The French had their Merouings, the old Kentiſh Kingdome here its Oiſcings, from Merouee and Oiſca."
- "Though the long-haired Merovings ruled from the Ebro to the Meuse […]"
- "The Franks only found salvation in the growth of checks on the royal power by the development of the great provincial governors, and by the final deposition of the Merovings in favour of the great house of the descendants of St. Arnulf, the Mayors of the Palace, whose strong hand at last stayed the fratricidal wars of the seventh century."
- "THE FALL OF THE MEROVINGS AND THE RISE OF THE CAROLINGS"
- "The decline of the Merovings was not due to some mysterious force incomprehensible to the human brain."
- "Sigibert III of the Merovings was a mere puppet under the control of his Mayor of the Palace."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *mārī Proto-West Germanic *wīg Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg 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 Merovingusbor. English Meroving From Medieval Latin Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg [a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)] + *-ing. By surface analysis, Merovech + -ing. Cognate with Old English Merewīoingas (a hapax legomenon in the genitive case).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Merovingus, *Mārīwīg