Karoling

See also: karoling

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *karaz

Proto-Germanic *karilaz

Proto-West Germanic *karil

Proto-Germanic *-ingaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ing

Medieval Latin Karolingusbor.

English Karoling

From Medieval Latin Karolingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Carolus +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkærəlɪŋ/

Noun

Karoling (plural Karolings)

1. Alternative spelling of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”)
   • 1873, G. W. Kitchin, A History of France, Oxford, page 175:

     The Karolings of this last period have little to distinguish or ennoble them; they slowly drift towards extinction; it is scarcely worth our while to trace their course.

   • 1887, A. H. Johnson, The Normans in Europe, New York, page 39:

     Gaul, on the death of Charles III., becomes for just 100 years the object of contention between the last of the Karolings and the rising house of Capet, between the Imperial German-speaking city of Laon and the ducal French-speaking city of Paris.

   • 1895, R. W. Egerton Eastwick, editor, The Oracle Encyclopædia, volume 2, London, page 716:

     The fall of the Karolings had doubtless been hastened by the suspicions which the great barons, whose lands had been at first benefices granted in return for services at court, entertained towards the dynasty whose privileges they had usurped, and which had the right to reclaim the estates.

Derived terms

• Karolingian