What's In A Name: Leroy, Olivia
Leroy-This name comes from French "le roi," meaning, "the king." It "may" have been used for people associated with the king. "Roi" comes from Latin "rex" (king), a word that goes back to Indo European "reg," which had the idea of "move in a straight line;" thus also, "direct in a proper way." This gave its Latin
offspring "regere," which meant "to guide, to direct;" thus, "to
rule/govern." From this came Latin "rex," meaning "king," and also, "regina," meaning "queen." Latin-based French rendered the word as "roi/roy" (Italian has "re," Spanish has "rey" and Portuguese has "rei").
Olivia-This female name means "olive," but its spelling was popularized by Shakespeare in the early 1600s. For the history of the word "olive," here is the link to the article with that Word History: http://pontificating-randy.blogspot.com/2013/06/good-provencal-like-dip-or-spread.html
I consulted the following, so for more information on the names see, "A World Of Baby Names" by Teresa Norman, published by Perigee/Penguin Group, New York, 2003.
WORD HISTORY:
Parlor (British spelling: Parlour)-The first part of the word, "par," which is distantly related to English "for" and "fore," both from native English forms of Old Germanic, goes back to Indo European "per/pr," with the notion of "forward, off, away from, beyond, beside." This gave transliterated Greek "para," meaning "beside," a word/prefix borrowed by Latin as part of the transliterated Greek compound "paraballo" (meaning "comparison"), borrowed by Latin as "parabola" (also meaning "comparison"), which then produced the verb, "parabolare," meaning "to speak using metaphors/parables." This then produced Latin "paraulare," simply meaning, "to speak." This was passed on to Latin-based French as "parler," with the same meaning. From this came the noun "parleor," meaning, "room for legal proceedings," and also, "a room in a monastery for speaking with visitors." The word was taken to England by the Normans as "parlur," by which time the meaning had expanded to, "room in one's home for talking with guests." English borrowed the word about 1200.
Olivia-This female name means "olive," but its spelling was popularized by Shakespeare in the early 1600s. For the history of the word "olive," here is the link to the article with that Word History: http://pontificating-randy.blogspot.com/2013/06/good-provencal-like-dip-or-spread.html
I consulted the following, so for more information on the names see, "A World Of Baby Names" by Teresa Norman, published by Perigee/Penguin Group, New York, 2003.
WORD HISTORY:
Parlor (British spelling: Parlour)-The first part of the word, "par," which is distantly related to English "for" and "fore," both from native English forms of Old Germanic, goes back to Indo European "per/pr," with the notion of "forward, off, away from, beyond, beside." This gave transliterated Greek "para," meaning "beside," a word/prefix borrowed by Latin as part of the transliterated Greek compound "paraballo" (meaning "comparison"), borrowed by Latin as "parabola" (also meaning "comparison"), which then produced the verb, "parabolare," meaning "to speak using metaphors/parables." This then produced Latin "paraulare," simply meaning, "to speak." This was passed on to Latin-based French as "parler," with the same meaning. From this came the noun "parleor," meaning, "room for legal proceedings," and also, "a room in a monastery for speaking with visitors." The word was taken to England by the Normans as "parlur," by which time the meaning had expanded to, "room in one's home for talking with guests." English borrowed the word about 1200.
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