Etymology

Childeric

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Today it means: A male given name of mainly historical use, borne by several kings of the Franks. Full definition →

French Childéric ← Frankish *Hildirīk ← Latin Childericus
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Hildirīks
  2. Latin · derived fromChildericus
  3. Frankish · derived from*Hildirīk
  4. French · borrowed fromChildéric
  5. English todayChilderic

From French Childéric, from Frankish *Hildirīk via Latin Childericus. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hildirīks.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*Hildirīks all →

Hilderic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.