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in reply to a message by Caroline
Hi Caroline,
Caroline is a French/English/German/Scandinavian form (depends on the pronunciation) of the name Carola.
Carola is a feminine version of Carolus which is the latinized form of Karl.
Carola can be a direct latinization of Karla as well, which is the female version of Karl.
Karl (m) -> Karla (f) -> Carola (f) -> Caroline (f)
or
Karl (m) -> Carolus (m) -> Carola (f) -> Caroline (f)
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By the way - on this site Karl is said to be a form of Charles, but actually it is the other way round:
Karl (m) -> Carolus (m) -> Charles (m)
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Karl is an Old Norse and Old German name meaning "man, free man". Originally it was used as a kind of epithet and later as a first name.
The English word "churl" has got the same Germanic root (originally there wasn't anything negative about the meaning ;) )
As Miranda puts it - there's no change of meaning. A form of Karl would never mean "woman" even if it's a female version of Karl.
You mentioned that you found the meaning "a song" somewhere. Maybe the author of that idea thought of the vocabulary word "chorale" which looks and sounds quite close to Carole, which is another form of Caroline...?
Regards, Satu
Caroline is a French/English/German/Scandinavian form (depends on the pronunciation) of the name Carola.
Carola is a feminine version of Carolus which is the latinized form of Karl.
Carola can be a direct latinization of Karla as well, which is the female version of Karl.
Karl (m) -> Karla (f) -> Carola (f) -> Caroline (f)
or
Karl (m) -> Carolus (m) -> Carola (f) -> Caroline (f)
-------
By the way - on this site Karl is said to be a form of Charles, but actually it is the other way round:
Karl (m) -> Carolus (m) -> Charles (m)
-------
Karl is an Old Norse and Old German name meaning "man, free man". Originally it was used as a kind of epithet and later as a first name.
The English word "churl" has got the same Germanic root (originally there wasn't anything negative about the meaning ;) )
As Miranda puts it - there's no change of meaning. A form of Karl would never mean "woman" even if it's a female version of Karl.
You mentioned that you found the meaning "a song" somewhere. Maybe the author of that idea thought of the vocabulary word "chorale" which looks and sounds quite close to Carole, which is another form of Caroline...?
Regards, Satu
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