Gender Masculine
Usage Carolingian Cycle
Meaning & History
Possibly a Romance language form of Arabic الأغلب (al-ʾAghlab), a 9th-century emir of Ifriqiya in North Africa [1], which is derived from أغلب (ʾaghlab) meaning "predominant, supreme". This is the name of a Saracen king in medieval French tales of Charlemagne and his knights.
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Sources & References
- Beckmann, Gustav A.. Onomastics of the Chanson de Roland (translated by Linda Archibald). De Gruyter, 2023, page 151.
