Charles
English
/tʃɑɹlz/, /tʃɑːlz/
proper noun
Etymology
Derived from French Charles derived from Old French Charles derived from Latin Carolus (Charles) derived from Old High German Karl derived from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, *karlaz (free man).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*karilaz, *karlaz
Gloss
free man
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Carl English
- Carolina English
- Caroline English
- Charleston English
- Charlestonian English
- ton English
- Carolus Latin
- Carl German
- Dreckkerl German
- Dreckskerl German
- Kerl German
- Kerlchen German
- Mistkerl German
- Mordskerl German
- Pfundskerl German
- Prachtkerl German
- Saukerl German
- Scheißkerl German
- Carlo Italian
- Charles French
- Carlos Spanish, Castilian
- *karilaz, *karlaz Proto-Germanic
- *karlaz Proto-Germanic
- チャールストン Japanese
- チャールズ Japanese
- *korľь Proto-Slavic
- Charles Old French
- Karlo Esperanto
- Carles Catalan, Valencian
- چارلز Persian
- Carl Cebuano
- Charles Cebuano
- Karl Old High German
- karal Old High German
- ချားလ် Burmese
- 卡爾 Chinese
- Kale Hawaiian