Louis

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

Name

1. A male given name from French.
2. A female given name

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈluː.i/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhuvigs, Lodevis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Doublet of Lewis and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.
Remotely related to Slav and related terms through the Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear, be heard; famous”) root.