Etymology

Hilderic

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Today it means: A male given name of mainly historical use, borne by a king of the Vandals. Full definition →

Latin Hildericus ← Vandalic Hildirix ← Proto-Germanic *Hildirīks
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Hildirīks
  2. Vandalic · derived fromHildirix
  3. Latin · derived fromHildericus
  4. English todayHilderic

From Latin Hildericus, from Vandalic Hildirix, from Proto-Germanic *Hildirīks.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*Hildirīks all →

Childeric

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