Etymology

Langobard

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Today it means: A Lombard (member of a historical Germanic people). Full definition →

Latin langobardus ← Lombardic *langbart ← Proto-Germanic *langabardaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*langabardaz
  2. Lombardic · derived from*langbart
  3. Latin · learned borrowing fromlangobardus“a Lombard”
  4. English todayLangobard

Learned borrowing from Latin langobardus (“a Lombard”), from Lombardic *langbart, from Proto-Germanic *langabardaz, derived from the elements *langaz (“long”) + *bardaz (“beard”). Doublet of Lombard.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*langabardaz all →

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