# Lotharingia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌləʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒɪ.ə/

## Definitions
1. A historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós
Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz
Proto-Indo-European *ker-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kóryos
Proto-Germanic *harjaz
Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz
Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari
Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Germanic *-īnaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ing
Medieval Latin Lōtharingus
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Medieval Latin -ius
Medieval Latin -ia
Medieval Latin Lotharingiabor.
English Lotharingia
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, from Lōtharingus (“a member of the dynasty or of the people of King Lothair II; a Lotharing, a Lotharian”) + -ia (suffix forming country names). Doublet of Lorraine.
Lothair II inherited this land from his father Lothair I upon the partition of Middle Francia. More at Chlothar.

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