At 11:07:13 PM on Monday, May 5, 2003, João Simões Lopes
Filho wrote:
> I've read in a newspaper about Scandinavian name Lars
> being of Etruscan origin. Is it true?
It's from Latin <Laurentius>. The medieval Norwegian form
was <Lafranz> and the like. In the 14th century <Lauri(t)s>
and then <Lasse> came into use, and in the second half of
the 15th century <Lars>. <Laurentius> is ethnic in origin,
'man of Laurentum'.
Brian