[Namron] Re: Scathach

[John Hurst]

As far as I know, and as far as I can find out, fitz was a French word 
introduced by the normans.  Here is the definition from Dictionary.com FWIW:


fitz

\Fitz\, n. [OF. fils, filz, fiz, son, F. fils, L. filius. See 
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=filial>Filial.] A son; -- used in 
compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of 
kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; 
Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.

Ewen MacG


At 12:59 AM 5/21/2005, you wrote:

>Yes, all the sources I found did occur after the Norman conquest....I'm 
>assuming if the woman didn't know the father or he didn't want to be 
>acknowledged as the father, her most likely course of action would be to 
>find another man, quickly!!! ;) Kinda hard back then to be a single 
>mother, both socially and economically. {Still tough today!}
>Deidru

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