English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “Anglia” + “peace”
From Engel (“Anglia”) + frīt (“peace”), feminine o-stem equivalent of fridu. Cf. Old English frēod, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 (frijaþwa), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Angli and *frīþō (“peace”) from *frijaz + *-iþō. First attested in the 8th C CE
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: EngilfritCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

