Karoling

karoling English Etymology en descendant of Charles Martel :bor la-med:Karolingus 1 From en la-med Karolingus, from a en frk - patronymic ultimately composed of en gmw-pro *karil + gmw-pro *-ing. en Carolus -ing<id:diminutive>. Pronunciation en /ˈkærəlɪŋ/ RP Noun en Caroling a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian en 1873 George William Kitchin G. W. Kitchin A History of France Oxford 175 https://books.google.com/books?id=0_4-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA175 The Karolings of this last period have little to distinguish or ennoble them; they slowly drift towards extinction; it is scarcely worth our while to trace their course. en 1887 Arthur Johnson (historian) A. H. Johnson The Normans in Europe New York 39 https://books.google.com/books?id=-hM5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA39 Gaul, on the death of Charles III., becomes for just 100 years the object of contention between the last of the Karolings and the rising house of Capet, between the Imperial German-speaking city of Laon and the ducal French-speaking city of Paris. en 1895 R. W. Egerton Eastwick The Oracle Encyclopædia 2 London 716 https://books.google.com/books?id=k-sp0PhQjCMC&pg=PA716 The fall of the Karolings had doubtless been hastened by the suspicions which the great barons, whose lands had been at first benefices granted in return for services at court, entertained towards the dynasty whose privileges they had usurped, and which had the right to reclaim the estates. Derived terms en Karolingian en eponyms