Norman
/ˈnɔːr.mən/noun
A person from Normandy, or historically, one of the Norse-descended conquerors of England and southern Italy.
Did you know?The Normans were originally Norse settlers in northern France, and their name preserves a blunt medieval label for “the men from the north.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*norþaz
“north”
Old English
OE
norþ
“north”
Old Norse
ON
norðr
“north”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Normanni
“Northmen; Norse people”
Old French
OF
Normant
“a Norman, a man from Normandy”
Modern English
English
Norman
“a person from Normandy; historically, a Norse-descended conqueror”