héraut

Inherited from Old French heraut, from Frankish *heriwald, from *heri (“army”) + *wald (“reigning; ruling”) from Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”). Compare Walter, which has these elements reversed. Doublet of faraud.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /e.ʁo/

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• Homophones: héros, Héraud, Hérault

héraut m (plural hérauts)

1. (historical, literary) herald

In contrast to héraut itself, the terms with the Latinate stem hérald- have a mute h-.

• héraldicomane
• héraldique
• héraldiser
• héraldisme

• “héraut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• heurta