Fitz = Bastard
I would like the define the prefix Fitz for you here:
The Anglo-French word for ’son’; chiefly Hist. in patronymic designations, in which it was followed by the name of a parent in the uninflected genitive. Some of these survive as surnames, e.g. Fitzherbert, Fitzwilliam, etc.; in later times new surnames of the kind have been given to the illegitimate children of royal princes. Also in 12-15th c. used occas. in adopted AF. phrases, beau fitz = ‘fair son’; fiz a putain = ‘whoreson’.
So when you’re watching Fitzgerald at the Olympics, you’re betting on a bastard!
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[…] Okay, but there’s a problem. Some really smart people have stated that the prefix from Dana’s last name (”Fitz”) literally means an illegitimate child. Here… read what some smart guy had to say about it: “The Anglo-French word for ’son’; chiefly Hist. in patronymic designations, in which it was followed by the name of a parent in the uninflected genitive. Some of these survive as surnames, e.g. Fitzherbert, Fitzwilliam, etc.; in later times new surnames of the kind have been given to the illegitimate children of royal princes. Also in 12-15th c. used occas. in adopted AF. phrases, beau fitz = ‘fair son’; fiz a putain = ‘whoreson’.” […]