Etymology

Alphonse

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Today it means: A male given name from the Germanic languages. Full definition →

French Alphonse ← Spanish Alfonso ← Proto-Germanic *Aþalafunsaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Aþalafunsaz
  2. Spanish · derived fromAlfonso
  3. French · borrowed fromAlphonse
  4. English todayAlphonse

From French Alphonse, from Spanish Alfonso, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Aþalafunsaz, from *aþalaz + *funsaz. Doublet of Alfonso.

Words from the same roots

SpanishAlfonso all →

AlfonsoAlphonsoAlphonzo

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.