Marie-Thérèse Morlet
Encyclopedia
Marie-Thérèse Morlet is a French
scientist (specialist in onomastics
) and honorary director of research at CNRS.
Her publications include Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille (Etymological Dictionary of Family Names).
covering the evolution of names in France
up to the Middle Ages
.
The work is published by the CNRS, structured as a series of alphabetical lists and made up of three volumes. The title of the third volume is slightly different: Les noms de personne sur le territoire de l'ancienne Gaule (Personal Names in the Territory of the former Gaul).
(volume 1, 1990). The geographical study corresponds to modern France with the work of Ernest Nègre on ancient Gaul with publications by Marie-Thérèse Morlet.
A number of personal names is preceded in NPAG with an asterisk (*
). One example are the forms ending with -acum, the name forms with a proprietary name, one example includes the name *
Stirpius (derived from *Stirpiacum in which is the etymology of Étréchy) with the explication: The name [of a person] comes from stirps, souche in French; from E. Nègre (TGF
§ 6359).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
scientist (specialist in onomastics
Onomastics
Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The words are from the Greek: "ὀνομαστικός" , "of or belonging to naming" and "ὀνοματολογία" , from "ὄνομα" "name". Toponymy or toponomastics, the study of place names, is one of the principal branches of...
) and honorary director of research at CNRS.
Her publications include Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille (Etymological Dictionary of Family Names).
Les noms de personne sur le territoire de l'ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe siècle
Her book Les noms de personne sur le territoire de l'ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe siècle (Personal Names in the Territory of the former Gaul from the 4th to the 13th Century, abbreviated NPAG) is an anthroponymical dictionaryDictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
covering the evolution of names in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
up to the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
.
The work is published by the CNRS, structured as a series of alphabetical lists and made up of three volumes. The title of the third volume is slightly different: Les noms de personne sur le territoire de l'ancienne Gaule (Personal Names in the Territory of the former Gaul).
Structure
- The Personal Names Of The Ancient Territory of GaulGaulGaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
Between The 4th And The 12th Century. - I. - Names from continental Germanic languages and Gallo-Germanic creations. 237 pages - published in 1971 with permission with photomechanic copying of this text with this publish edition in 1968, (no ISBN).- The first volume contains almost exclusively an alphabetical list of names originating as indicated by the subtitle of the volume.
- The Personal Names Of The Ancient territory Of Gaul III - The personal names containing with the local names. 563 pages - published in 1985. ISBN 2-222-03427-2.
- The second volume contains an alphabetical list of names originating as indicated by the subtitle of the volume:
- Volume 3 subtitled Personal Names Contained in place names contains:
- First part: Latin Names transmitted via Latin: Alphabetical lexicon indicating associated place names for each anthroponym;
- Second part: Personal names derived from continental Germanic: Alphabetical lexicon indicating associated place names for each anthroponym.
- A general index with alphabetical list of place names (pages 505 - 540)
NPAG and the toponym
The three volumes of NPAG are referenced in the works of Ernest Nègre Toponymie générale de la FranceToponymie générale de la France
Toponymie générale de la France are several books separated in four volumes. It was published by Ernest Nègre. The book is published at Librarie Droz in Geneva, Switzerland...
(volume 1, 1990). The geographical study corresponds to modern France with the work of Ernest Nègre on ancient Gaul with publications by Marie-Thérèse Morlet.
A number of personal names is preceded in NPAG with an asterisk (*
Asterisk
An asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
). One example are the forms ending with -acum, the name forms with a proprietary name, one example includes the name *
Asterisk
An asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
Stirpius (derived from *Stirpiacum in which is the etymology of Étréchy) with the explication: The name [of a person] comes from stirps, souche in French; from E. Nègre (TGF
Toponymie générale de la France
Toponymie générale de la France are several books separated in four volumes. It was published by Ernest Nègre. The book is published at Librarie Droz in Geneva, Switzerland...
§ 6359).
Works
- Toponymie de la ThiéracheThiéracheThe Thiérache or Grande Thiérache is a region of France and Belgium united by similar geography and architecture, including the presence of hedgerows, grassland, hilly terrain, scattered settlements, and traditionally-built stone or brick houses with stone dividing walls and slate roofs.Located in...
(Toponym of Thiérarche), Artrey, Paris, 1957, 137 p. [pas d'ISBN] - Étude d'anthroponymie picarde : les noms de personne en Haute PicardiePicardiePicardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...
aux XIIIe, XIVe, XVe siècles (Picard Anthroponymy Studies: Place Names in Lower Picardy in the 12th, 13th and the 14th Centuries, 468 pages, la Société de linguistique picarde (Picard Linguistics Society) edition, edited for the Musée de Picardie, Amiens, 1967, pas d'ISBN - Le vocabulaire de la Champagne septentrionale au Moyen âge : essai d'inventaire méthodique , Klincksieck, Paris, 1969, 429 p. [no ISBN]
- Les noms de personne sur le territoire de l'ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe siècle, 1971, 1973 et 1985
- Les Études d'onomastique en France : de 1938 à 1970 (The Onomastic Studies In France: From 1938 To 1970), Société d'études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France, Paris, 1981, 214 ISBN-2-85297-070-8
- Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille (Etymological Dictionary Of Family Names), 1st edition: Perrin, Paris, 1991, 983 p. ISBN-2-262-00812-4, 2nd edition: Perrin, Paris, 1997, 1032 p. ISBN-2-262-01350-0