Alaric

name

name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A historic king of the Visigoths.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Gothic. rare

    "We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere."

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"Rome was sacked in 410AD by the Visigoths led by King Alaric."

Etymology

From Gothic ๐Œฐ๐Œป๐Œป๐ƒ (alls, โ€œallโ€) + ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐Œบ๐ƒ (reiks, โ€œrulerโ€), from Proto-Germanic *Alarฤซks.

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