Etymology

Childebert

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Today it means: A male given name from Frankish, of historical usage, equivalent to English Hilbert, notably borne by various Frankish kings. Full definition →

French Childebert ← Medieval Latin Childebertus ← Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Hildiberhtaz
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromChildebertus
  3. French · borrowed fromChildebert
  4. English todayChildebert

Borrowed from French Childebert, from Medieval Latin Childebertus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz, from *hildiz (“battle, fight”) + *berhtaz (“bright, shining”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*Hildiberhtaz all →

Hilbert

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.