# Alaric

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #50,924

## Definitions
1. A historic king of the Visigoths.
2. A male given name from Gothic.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-Germanic *Alarīks
Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*alareiks)der.
English Alaric
From Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alaric