Vortigernとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern, Vortigen

語源

Borrowed from Late Latin Vortigernus, from Proto-Brythonic *Gworθɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *Uɸortigernos, from *uɸor- (“over”) + *tigernos (“lord, ruler”).

固有名詞

Vortigern

1. A male given name from Proto-Brythonic, of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.
   • 1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 33:

     Among the nobles of Britain was a prince called Vortigern.