Carling

carling English <dab!> Pronunciation en /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ RP en ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ 2 Etymology 1 en descendant of Charles Martel :bor la-med:Carlingus 1 From en la-med Carlingus, from a en frk - patronymic ultimately composed of en gmw-pro *karil + gmw-pro *-ing. en Carl -ing<id:diminutive>. Cognate with gmh Kärling, frm Carlinge. Noun en Caroling a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian en 1882 Charlotte Mary Yonge Charlotte M. Yonge A Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations 2 569 https://books.google.com/books?id=Szisw44xZe4C&pg=PA569 Lothar died soon after, in 986; and though his son Louis V. was crowned, he only lived a year, and when he died in 987, the great counts and dukes met in consultation with the chief of the clergy, and agreed that, as the Counts of Paris were the real heads of the State, and nobody cared for the Carlings, it would be better to do like the Germans, and pass over the worn-out Carlings, who spoke old Frank, while the Paris Counts spoke the altered Latin, which came to be called French. en 1884 The Academy 25 413 https://books.google.com/books?id=-tU2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA413 The Carlings, on the other hand, had few possessions, but unlimited pretensions to empire, and stood forth as the opponents of the growing spirit of feudalism, the subdivision of property and jurisdiction, and as the upholders of unity, centralisation, and Roman traditions. en 1893 The Bay State Monthly 414 https://books.google.com/books?id=BeUXAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA414 Hugh Capet, Duke of France, mounted the throne of the Carlings in 987. en 1897 Guy Carleton Lee Hincmar: An Introduction to the Study of the Revolution in the Organization of the Church in the Ninth Century 238 https://books.google.com/books?id=ro87AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA238 With the successors of Charles the Great the dynasty of the Carlings began its downward course. Derived terms en Carlingian Etymology 2 Proper noun ~ s en. en twp in dist/Parry Sound District p/Ontario c/Canada. en commune in dept/Moselle r/Grand Est c/France. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Carling is the 29768th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 790 individuals. Carling is most common among White (93.54%) individuals. See also en Carlin en eponyms French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Carling.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun mf fr Carling See also fr Carlin