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Médard
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Medard
French
fr:
Etymology
fr la Medardus, which probably has a fr gem - origin.
The second part hard- stems from fr gem-pro *harduz hard, brave.
The first part is unclear. Theories assume Germanic gem-pro *mahtiz might, power as in de Mechthild, Germanic *maed (“honour”), fr cel - cel-pro *mat good and cel-pro *med centre.Medardo, -a; in: Roberto Faure, Diccionario de nombres propios, 2007, 978-84-670-2375-6
Cognates include es,it Medardo.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
fr male
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