Etymology

Sun King

Today it means: Louis XIV, king of France between 1643 and 1715 Full definition →

French Roi-Soleil
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · calque ofRoi-Soleil
  2. English todaySun King

Calque of French Roi-Soleil.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.