Dirac

English

Etymology

From the French surname Dirac, probably from the French town by that name in Charente, from Medieval Latin Adiraco, Dyracum, from a Gallo-Roman name, Latin Atirius (a derivative of Atilius), or alternatively a Frankish/Germanic name *Adarus, in either case with the common Gallo-Roman nominal suffix -acum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈræk/

Proper noun

Dirac

  1. A surname from French.

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References

  • Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, Paris, Librairie Guénégaud, 1989 (1re éd. 1963), 738 p. p. 247.
  • Jean Talbert, Origine des noms de lieux, 1928

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