The story
- Latin · derived fromCarolus Magnus
- Old French · derived fromCarles li magnes
- Middle French · derived fromCharlemagne
- Middle English · inherited fromCharlemagne
- English todayCharlemagne
From Middle English Charlemagne (compare Charlemayn), from Middle French Charlemagne, from Old French Carles li magnes, from Latin Carolus Magnus (literally “Charles/Karl the Great”).
Words from the same roots
LatinCarolus Magnus all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.