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merovingian

/ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
Me-ro-vin-gi-an
IPA
/ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the Merovings, the members of a Salian Frankish dynasty, descended from Merovech, that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.

noun

A member of the Merovingian dynasty.

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 Merovingī Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French Merovingienbor. English Merovingian From Middle French Merovingien (“of or relating to the Merovings, the descendants of Merovech”), from Medieval Latin Merovingī (“Merovings”) [plural of Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg (a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)) + *-ing] + Middle French -ien. (See Meroving for more.) By surface analysis, Meroving + -ian.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Merovingien, Merovingus, *Mārīwīg, -ien

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/
  • British English: /ˌmɛ.ɹəˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/

Inflected Forms

Merovingians (plural)

Phrases

Merovingian cursive

Synonyms

Meroving merovingian dynasty

Rhymes With

carolingian thuringian carlovingian lotharingian

Questions

How do you pronounce merovingian?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/.
What does merovingian mean?
Of or relating to the Merovings, the members of a Salian Frankish dynasty, descended from Merovech, that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.
Where does merovingian come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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