Etymology

Grimaldo

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Proto-West Germanic *grimm
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*grimm“mask”
  2. English todayGrimaldo

From the Spanish and Italian surname, of Germanic origin, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *grimm (“mask”) + *waldan (“rule”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*grimm all →

grim

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.