Etymology

Clarice

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Today it means: A female given name from French. Full definition →

French Clarisse ← Italian Clarissa ← Medieval Latin Clarissa
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromClarissa“Poor Clare”
  2. Italian · derived fromClarissa
  3. French · borrowed fromClarisse
  4. English todayClarice

Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarisse.

Words from the same roots

FrenchClarisse all →

Clarisse

ItalianClarissa all →

clarissaClarisse

Medieval LatinClarissa all →

clarissaClarisse

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.