Etymology

talbot

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Today it means: An mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second. Full definition →

Middle English talbot ← Old French talebot ← Old High German *Talbald
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talbot · noun1

After Henry Fox Talbot, a 19th-century pioneer of photography.

talbot · noun2

Possibly after a Norman family Talbot

Talbot · proper noun3

  1. Old High German · derived fromtal“valley, dale”
  2. Old High German · derived from*Talbald
  3. Old French · derived fromtalebot“bandit”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromtalbot
  5. English todayTalbot

From Middle English talbot, from Old French talebot (“bandit”); a Norman nickname applied to robbers who blackened their faces to avoid recognition, from Old High German *Talbald (personal name), from Old High German tal (“valley, dale”) + bald (“bold, courageous”).

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