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in reply to a message by RachelChristine
I'm not an expert, but I believe:
'Karl' came first: Germanic meaning "man."
'Karl' spread North and East as normal.
It entered Latin and was rendered as 'Carolus.'
'Carolus' morphed into French 'Charles.'
'Charles' entered English without change.
When the 'c' form of 'Carl' began to equal the 'k' form in commonality I cannot say, but modernly this is common for many names (C/Karsten, K/Constantin, &c.) throughout northern Europe.
'Karl' came first: Germanic meaning "man."
'Karl' spread North and East as normal.
It entered Latin and was rendered as 'Carolus.'
'Carolus' morphed into French 'Charles.'
'Charles' entered English without change.
When the 'c' form of 'Carl' began to equal the 'k' form in commonality I cannot say, but modernly this is common for many names (C/Karsten, K/Constantin, &c.) throughout northern Europe.
This message was edited 10/29/2004, 1:25 AM
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