Etymology

Oberon

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Today it means: A fictional character in medieval and Renaissance literature, the king of the fairies, appearing for example in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Full definition →

Old French Alberon ← Middle High German Alberich ← Proto-Germanic *rīks
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rīks
  2. Middle High German · derived fromAlberich
  3. Old French · derived fromAlberon
  4. English todayOberon

Earlier Auberon, from Old French Alberon, partial loan translation from Middle High German Alberich, literally ‘elf king, fairy king’, from alp + -rich << Proto-Germanic *rīks.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*rīks all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.