proper noun/lɔ.tɛʁ/
a male given name from Middle French Lothaire
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdharibor. Medieval Latin Lothariusbor. Middle French Lothaire French Lothaire Inherited from Middle French Lothaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharius, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz, from *hlūdaz