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Percival
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English
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Alternative forms
surname en Pursifull
Etymology
From en fro Perceval, name of a knight in a twelfth century Arthurian romance by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes. Shaped like fro percier pierce + fro val valley, but probably representing some en cel-gau - or en owl - name, possibly related to en cy Peredur, from cy ber spear, lance (from en wlm ber, from en cel-bry-pro *ber, from en cel-pro *beru spit) + cy dur hard metal, steel (see la durus).
Cognate with de Parzival and de Parsifal.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪvəl/
Proper noun
en male Celtic languages.
en 1953 w:Agatha Christie A Pocket Full of Rye 20 Lancelot Fortescue! What a name! And what was the other son - Percival? He wondered what the first Mrs Fortescue had been like? She had a curious taste in Christian names...
en patronymics.
en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/Fremont County s/Iowa c/USA.
en former hamlet p/Saskatchewan c/Canada.
en Arthurian mythology