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Merovee
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See also: Mérovée
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French Merovee, from Medieval Latin Meroveus.
Proper noun
Merovee
- Alternative form of Merovech
- 1631, John Selden, Titles of Honor, page 51:
- The French had their Merouings, the old Kentiſh Kingdome here its Oiſcings, from Merouee and Oiſca.
Middle French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Meroveus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg.
Proper noun
Merovee m
- (historical) Merovech (a semi-legendary 5th-century Frankish leader regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Merovings (the members of the Merovingian dynasty))
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