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Where does “Godefroy” come from?

Godefroy (French) comes from Latin Godefridus, from Proto-West Germanic *Gautafriþu.

Ancestry of “Godefroy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGodefridus—
2Proto-West Germanic*Gautafriþu—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *Gautafriþu →