Where does “arlequin” come from?

arlequin (French) comes from Old French Hellequin, from Old English Herla Cyning — {{w|King Herla}}.

arlequin (French): harlequin; buffoon; jester

Definitions

  1. harlequin; buffoon; jester

Ancestry of “arlequin”, step by step

arlequin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French Hellequin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchHellequin—
2Old EnglishHerla Cyning{{w|King Herla}}

via Italian arlecchino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianarlecchinoharlequin

Words derived from “arlequin”

Every word from Old English Herla Cyning →Every word from Old French Hellequin →