The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*Haimarīks
- Old High German · derived fromHeimrih
- German · derived fromHeinz
- Italian · borrowed fromEnzo
- English todayEnzo
Borrowed from Italian Enzo (equivalent to English Hank), from German Heinz, a diminutive of Heinrich (English Henry), from Old High German Heimrih, Haimirich (heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”)), from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, from Proto-Indo-European roots. Rare in the US and UK prior to 2003, popularized in the 2000s.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*Haimarīks all →
henry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.