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Charles is a masculine given name from the French form ''Charles'' of a Germanic name ''Karl''. The original Anglo-Saxon was ''Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of king Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The corresponding Old Norse form is Karl, the German form is also Karl. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus''. ==Etymology== The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun '' *karlaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''),〔T. F. Hoad, ''English Etymology'', Oxford University Press, 1993 (ISBN 0-19-283098-8). p. 76.〕 which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. In the form ''Charles'', the initial spelling ''ch-'' corresponds to the palatalization of the Latin group ''ca-'' to () in Central Old French (Francien) and the final ''-s'' to the former subjective case (cas sujet) of masculine names in Old French like in Giles or James (< Latin ''-us'', see Spanish/ Portuguese ''Carlos''). According to Julius Pokorny, the historical linguist and Indo-Europeanist, the root meaning of Karl is "old man", from Indo-European *ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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