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Meroveus

Meroveus is the alternative form of Merovech.

Meaning of Merovech

Proper noun

Merovech

  1. (historical) A semi-legendary 5th-century Frankish leader regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Merovings (the members of the Merovingian dynasty).

Origin of Meroveus

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Meroveus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg.

Questions about Meroveus

What is Meroveus the alternative form of?
Meroveus is the alternative form of Merovech.

Words near Meroveus in the dictionary

  1. merotopic
  2. merotopies
  3. merotopy
  4. Merovech
  5. Merovee
  6. Meroveus
  7. Meroving
  8. Merovingian
  9. Merovingianist
  10. Merovingianists
  11. Merovingians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Meroveus (page history and authors); Merovech (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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