aracorno

masculine name. Aragorn

A Quenya equivalent of Aragorn (PE17/71) of unclear meaning. It initial element is certainly ar(a)- “high”, but the meaning of its final element is uncertain. This name is inconsistent with the derivation of Aragorn from OS. Ára-ngorn “Revered King” (PE17/113), whose Quenya equivalent would probably be ✱Arangorno. Aracorno may simply be a phonetic adaptation of his Sindarin name.

Cognates

• S. Aragorn “Revered King, Kingly Valour” ✧ PE17/070

Element in

• Q. sanomë tarnë Olórin, Aracorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta Gimli mi lossëa “There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white” ✧ PE17/071

Elements

Word	Gloss
ar(a)-	“noble, high”
?

Variations

• Arakorno ✧ PE17/071

cánë

valour

cánë ("k")noun "valour" (KAN)

sanomë tarnë olórin, aracorno, eomer, imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta gimli mi lossëa

There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white

Variations

• Sanome tarne Olórin, Arakorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mīse, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninque, mi luini, ta Gimli mi losseä ✧ PE17/071

astal

noun. valour

Derivations

• √STAL “strong”

Aragorn

noun. Aragorn

royal valor; aran (“king”) + gorn (“valor”) #The translation is given in PM, but it could just as well be more complicated and include or allude to other stems; several names [in the line of Arthedain] though S in form, are not readily interpretable.

Aragorn

'Revered King'

prop. n. 'Revered King'. >> ara-, Arangorn, gorn

Aragorn

noun. Tolkien proposed that the ending gorn was simply modeled on names such as Arathorn

prop. n. Tolkien proposed that the ending gorn was simply modeled on names such as Arathorn, Celegorn, and that the [?pure] Sindarin form of this name was Argorn. . This gloss was rejected.

aragorn

masculine name. Revered King, Kingly Valour

The hero of the War of the Ring and first king of the reunited Arnor and Gondor.

Possible Etymology: Tolkien considered several etymologies of this name. Its initial element was clearly ar(a)- “noble” (Let/426). Tolkien variously indicated that the meaning of the second element was either S. gorn “revered" (PE17/31, 113) or “valour” (PM/xii), so that his name meant either “Revered King” or “Kingly Valour”. Of the two, the etymological discussion for the meaning “Revered King” is more complete, giving the older form †Arangorn (PE17/113).

In another place Tolkien gave the Quenya equivalent of this name as Q. Aracorno (PE17/71), but does not seem to match either of the etymologies dissussed above, so this perhaps represents a third conception of the origin of the name.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this character was initially a hobbit by the name of “Trotter” (RS/138). Tolkien eventually changed the character into a man, at which point the name N. Aragorn was given to the character (TI/6-7). Before the character became a man he briefly had the Elvish names N. Rimbedir >> Padathir (RS/198), Du-finnion (RS/361) and Ethelion (RS/395).

Cognates

• Q. Aracorno “Aragorn” ✧ PE17/070

Derivations

• Os. Ára-ngorn “Revered King” ✧ PE17/113

Element in

• S. Aragorn Arathornion Edhelharn “Aragorn Arathorn’s son the Elfstone” ✧ AotM/062; SD/128

Elements

Word	Gloss
ar(a)-	“noble, royal, high”
gorn	“revered”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
Os. ára-ngorn > Aragorn	[araŋgorn] > [aragorn]	✧ PE17/113

Variations

• Ara(n)gorn ✧ PE17/031

Arangorn

'Revered King'

prop. n. 'Revered King'. >> Aragorn

gorn

noun. valor

gorn

valour

1) #gorn (i **orn), pl. gyrn (i ngyrn = i ñyrn). Isolated from the name Aragorn, ”Kingly Valour” (PM:xii). Note: a homophone is the adjective ”hasty, vigorous, impetuous”. 2) caun (i gaun, o chaun), pl. coen (i choen) if there is a pl. Note: a homophone of caun** means "clamour, outcry, cry, shout".

gorn

valour

(i ’orn), pl. gyrn (i ngyrn = i ñyrn). Isolated from the name Aragorn, ”Kingly Valour” (PM:xii). Note: a homophone is the adjective ”hasty, vigorous, impetuous”.

caun

valour

(i gaun, o chaun), pl. coen (i choen) if there is a pl. Note: a homophone of caun means "clamour, outcry, cry, shout".

aragorn

masculine name. Aragorn

-gon

suffix. valour

Element in

• N. Faragon
• N. Fingon ✧ Ety/KAN
• N. Turgon ✧ Ety/KAN

caun

noun. valour

caun

noun. valour

Cognates

• ᴹQ. káne “valour” ✧ Ety/KAN

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAN “dare” ✧ Ety/KAN

Element in

• N. -gon “valour” ✧ Ety/KAN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAN > caun	[kāne] > [kǭne] > [koune] > [kaune] > [kaun]	✧ Ety/KAN

Variations

• caun ✧ Ety/KAN