Large in my family tree
English and French: nickname (literal or ironic) meaning generous, from Middle English, Old French large generous, free (Latin largus abundant). The English word came to acquire its modern sense only gradually during the Middle Ages; it is used to mean ample in quantity in the 13th century, and the sense broad first occurs in the 14th. This use is probably too late for the surname to have originated as a nickname for a fat man.
Variants: English: Lardge, Largman. French: Lelarge.
Diminutives: English: Largey. French: Largeau, Largeault, Larget, Largeteau. Largeot.
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