Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fitz

Fitz , noun

[Old French fils, filz, fiz, son, French fils, Latin filius. See Filial.]

A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.