Etymology

Hugo

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Today it means: A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society. Full definition →

Old French Hugo ← Frankish *hugi
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The story

  1. Frankish · derived from*hugi“thought, mind, spirit”
  2. Old French · derived fromHugo
  3. English todayHugo

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

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