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Alaric.

A historic king of the Visigoths.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A historic king of the Visigoths.

  2. A male given name from Gothic.

    rare
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Alarīks Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*alareiks)der. English Alaric From Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks.

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