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Where does “Lorraine” come from?

Lorraine derives from Old French Loherraine, itself from Latin Lotharingia, a territorial name in the Frankish empire.

Ancestry of “Lorraine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLorrainefemale equivalent of Lorrain
2Old FrenchLoherraine—
3LatinLotharingia—
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Lorraine”

  • Lorrainer
  • Lorrainian
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