Etymology

Chilperic

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Today it means: A male given name from the Germanic languages, of historical usage, notably borne by various Frankish and Burgundian kings. Full definition →

French Chilpéric ← Medieval Latin Chilpericus ← Frankish *Helparīk
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Helparīks
  2. Frankish · derived from*Helparīk
  3. Medieval Latin · derived fromChilpericus
  4. French · borrowed fromChilpéric
  5. English todayChilperic

Borrowed from French Chilpéric, from Medieval Latin Chilpericus, from Frankish *Helparīk (and partly through a Burgundian equivalent), from Proto-Germanic *Helparīks, from *helpaną (“help”) + *rīks (“king”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.