Editing Carolingian dynasty (section)

==Name==

The Carolingian dynasty takes its name from ''[[Carolus (name)|Carolus]]'', the [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] name of multiple Frankish kings including [[Charlemagne]] and [[Charles Martel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Carolingian dynasty |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Carolingian-dynasty |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> The name originates from a common [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] word, rendered in [[Old High German]] as [[Charles|Karl or Kerl]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2005|publisher=Laurence King Publishing|isbn=978-1856694599|page=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39T1zElEBrQC&q=Carolingian+dynasty+name&pg=PA107|access-date=5 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> meaning {{Gloss|man}}, {{Gloss|husband}}, or {{Gloss|freeman}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=RA1-PA277 |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |pages=277 |language=en}}</ref>