[Namron] Re: Scathach
Scott Barrett
barrett1 at cox.net
Sat May 21 08:09:50 PDT 2005
So FitzBubba is a bastard highborn. Something tells me he is quite
comfortable with that, although his timeframe is well after the Norman
conquest, making his name not a reflection on him but a well
established family name.
It also explains why Fitz occurs outside of Ireland.
I would be having fitz if I had tried to find Fitz in Irish, didn't
strike me as Gael, but I've been surprised before, and will until I die.
Heck, I just learned that slogan was Irish, from the word 'slogorn'
meaning battlecry.
~Finnacan Dub (pronounced Finnegan Duff)
On Saturday, May 21, 2005, at 08:12 AM, John Hurst wrote:
> 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 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
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