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Eric vs Leo - What's the difference?

eric | leo |

In given name|male|lang=fr terms the difference between eric and leo

is that eric is , cognate to eric while leo is , a latinate variant of.

As proper nouns the difference between eric and leo

is that eric is , cognate to eric while leo is , a latinate variant of.

eric

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
  • * 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess , Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18:
    • The court-poets of Wales [...] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.

    Related terms

    * eriach

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Anagrams

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    leo

    Translingual

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    Proper noun

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