Latin origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Latin Terentius.
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- Wiktionary: TerenzCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Language context for this entry: German
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01 / Meaning & origin
Terenz is a masculine given name documented in German. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Terentius.
Borrowed from Latin Terentius.
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04 / Through time
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Terenz— “tender”
Terenus (soft or tender) was the origin given by the Romans to the Terentian gens, which produced Terentia, wife of Cicero, called in affection Terentilla, and likewise gave birth to the comic poet, Publius Terentius Afer, known to us as Terence, and to the Germans as Terenz. As a supposed rendering of Turlough, Terence is a very favourite name in Ireland, and is there called Terry, but it prevails nowhere else.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter III (Nomina), Section IX (Lælius, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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