Cedric
See also: Cédric
English edit
Etymology edit
Invented by Walter Scott for Ivanhoe, possibly misread for Cerdic, name of a Saxon king, anglicized from Welsh caredig (“beloved”), in which case a doublet of Caradoc, Caradog, Caratacus, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty. Alternatively Scott based Cedric on the Welsh name Cedrych (“spectacular bounty”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cedric (plural Cedrics) m
- A male given name from Welsh.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 3:
- In a hall, the height of which was greatly disproportioned to its extreme length and width, a long oaken table, formed of planks rough-hewn from the forest, and which had scarcely received any polish, stood ready prepared for the evening meal of Cedric the Saxon.
- 1886, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter 2:
- "It's Cedric Errol, Lord Fauntleroy," answered Cedric. "That's what Mr. Havisham called me. - - -
Derived terms edit
- Cedrica f
Descendants edit
Translations edit
male given name
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English Cedric. Partly from Cedric Errol of Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Proper noun edit
Cedric
- a male given name from English [in turn from Welsh]