To: gymbeau
But, do you know the background for the use of the “Fits/Fitz” in FitzPatrick, FitzGerald, et. al.?
548 posted on
03/18/2023 7:11:28 AM PDT by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Pink African -h/t BSU@Auburn U)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
“ But, do you know the background for the use of the “Fits/Fitz” in FitzPatrick, FitzGerald, et. al.? “
No, and it’s been giving me Fitz!
564 posted on
03/18/2023 7:47:42 AM PDT by
gymbeau
(I refuse to be anonymous. I am THEnonymous.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
You mean the one about Patrick fits Gerald and Gerald fits Patrick? Geh...
651 posted on
03/18/2023 2:04:24 PM PDT by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel; gymbeau; SERKIT
Fitz is a corruption of fils which means son inf French and indicates Norman ancestry in the British Iles.
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