Given name · also Welsh

Arthurus

“bear”

Arthurus is a masculine given name, probably from Old Welsh, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Arthurus probably goes back to Proto-Celtic *artos, meaning “bear.”

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Where it comes from

Arthurus probably comes from Old Welsh, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Probably from Proto-Celtic *artos (“bear”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Arthurus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Arthurus has a later derivative in Αρθούρος. In Latin usage, Arthurus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Arthur.

Walk Arthurus’s family in the name graph

ArthurusArthurArturoArturArcturusArtoArturusArtturiArtairАртурΑρθούρος

The ring: across languages.

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Sibling ideas

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