MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Duxford
From Old English personal name *Ducc, in the genitive singular *Ducces + worþ (“enclosure”), thus "Duxwurth". The worth element was later reanalysed as forth, leading to "Duxforth". This later became the ford of its present form.
Haverhill
From either Old English *hæfera (“oats”) or hæfer (“billy (goat)”) + hyll (“hill”).
trochin
Borrowed from French trochin, from troch(anter) + -in, from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantḗr), from τροχάνη (trokhánē, “wheel, axle, gear”) + -τήρ (-tḗr), from τροχάζω (trokházō, “to run quickly”).
Loughton
From the Old English personal name Luhha + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Elmbridge
Named after the old Elmbridge Hundred, derived from Old English *Amele (a former name of the river Mole) + brycġ (“bridge”).
From Old English elm (“elm”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).
Ogygia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠγυγία (Ōgugía).
Melrose
From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).
kuudere
Borrowed from Japanese クーデレ (kūdere), a portmanteau of クール (kūru, “calm”), from English cool, and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).
McCreary
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ruaidhrí (“son of Ruaidhrí”), a personal name composed of the elements ruadh (“red”) + rí (“king”).
dadaji
Borrowed from Hindustani दादाजी (dādājī).
binchotan
Borrowed from Japanese 備長炭 (binchō-tan).
lekythion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ληκύθιον (lēkúthion, “small oil-flask”), in reference to a passage in Aristophanes' comedy The Frogs.
girmitya
From English agreement, referring to the agreement of the British government with the labourers as to the length of their stay in Fiji.
Benkert
From German; given to someone who makes benches, or given to someone from any of several places named Benk.
Bollinger
From German Bollinger. Originally a name for someone from any of several places called Bollingen and Bolling.
Bostic
From Slovene Boštic; from an old short form of the given name Sebastijan.
Busby
From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).
Gilstrap
Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place; the first element is unclear, while the second is Old English þorp (“village”).
Rosemond
* A variant of Rosamond; see Roseman.
* From French Rosemond, the male equivalent of the female given name Rosemonde; see Roseman.
Amick
Probably from German Emig, itself a reduced form of Emmerich.
Arrington
From the Old English personal name *Earna, a byname from earn (“eagle”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Brereton
From Old English brǣr (“briar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Broyles
Americanized form of German Breil or Breyhel; compare Briles.
Donnan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
Elmore
English surname, from Middle English Ailmer, from Old English Æþelmær.
Flaherty
From Irish Flaithbheartach, Flaithbheartaigh (“bright ruler”), from flaith (“prince, ruler”) + Proto-Celtic *berxtos (“bright, shining”), cognate with Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright, shining”).
Gault
In some cases, from Middle English galt(e) (“boar”), from or related to Old Norse gǫltr. In other cases, from Old French gaut (“woods”) (as in placenames like Le Gault), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
Gianakis
From Greek Γιαννάκης (Giannákis).
Harkness
A topographic name, from Old English hearg (“altar; grove; temple”) + næs (“promontory, cape, peninsula”).
Headrick
Scottish habitational or topographic surname, from Old English headrig (“ridge at the end of a field”).
Hurtado
Borrowed from Spanish Hurtado, from the past participle of the verb hurtar (“to rob”), perhaps a reference to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.
Kilburn
From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).
Loaiza
Borrowed from Spanish Loaiza, itself from Basque. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
Mahaffey
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhuibhshíthe (“son of Dhuibhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”). Compare McAfee.
McCabe
A common spelling variant of MacCabe, anglicized form of Irish Mac Cába.
McKinley
Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)". The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of William McKinley featured on it.
McRae
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith (“son of grace”), from mac + rath. Compare the Irish form McGrath.
Mendiola
Borrowed from Spanish Mendiola, from Basque Mendiola (literally “mountain hut”).
Pendarvis
Habitational surname from Cornish Pennderves, from penn (“head”) + derves (“oakwood”).
Prater
From German Prater, from either Latin pratum (“meadow”) or Latin praetor (“magistrate,lawyer”) (or both), possibly via Spanish prado or Italian prato.
Quarles
From Old English *hwerflas, nominative/accusative plural form of hwerfel (“circle”), perhaps referred to an ancient circle of stones.
Seabrook
From either an Old English personal name *Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).
Shenton
From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Skelton
From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.
Wahba
Borrowed from Arabic وَهْبَة (wahba, “gift, present”); this surname is predominantly found among Christians and Muslims of Egypt.
Westfield
From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.
Abushanab
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَنَب (ʔabū šanab).
Burlingham
From the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
Cassell
* As an English and Irish surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself from Late Latin castellum.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Castle.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened/Anglicized from Ó Caisile, variant of Ó Caiside, see Cassidy.
* As a German surname, variant of Kassel.
Doig
Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Doig.
Harpootlian
From Armenian Հարբութլյան (Harbutʻlyan).
McAllister
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”). By surface analysis, Mc- + Allister.
McFadden
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhaidein and Irish Mac Pháidín.
McCollum
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Coluim (“son of Colum”).
Ninan
Borrowed from Malayalam നൈനാൻ (naināṉ).
Prout
* As an English surname, variant of Proud.
* As a French surname, variant of Provost.
Slattery
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Slatara (“descendant of Slatra”), a byname meaning "strong, robust, bold".
Sotomayor
From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).
Stuckey
Habitational surname from the village of Stiffkey, in Norfolk, from Old English *styfic (“clearing in a wood”) + īeġ (“island”).
Toole
From Irish Ó Tuathail (literally “descendant of Tuathal”), from Proto-Celtic *Toutowalos (literally “land chief”).
Peebles
* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papilio, papillon, and pavilion.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.
Fond du Lac
From French fond du lac (“bottom of the lake”).
* For the town in Wisconsin, referring to its location at the south end of Lake Winnebago.
* For the Native American reservation and band, referring to their traditional location at the Southwest tip of Lake Superior, which is now the cities of Duluth and Superior.
sunderly
From Middle English sunderli, sonderli, from Old English sundorlīċ, synderlīċ, equivalent to sunder + -ly.
From Middle English sunderli, sonderli, from Old English sundorlīċe, synderlīċe, equivalent to sunder + -ly.
Valgrind
From Old Norse Valgrind, from valr (“dead warrior”) + grind (“gate”).
Gello
From Ancient Greek Γελλώ (Gellṓ), perhaps from Akkadian; see Γελλώ (Gellṓ) for more.
Jumada II
From Arabic جُمَادَى الآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira) or جُمَادَى الثَّانِيَة (jumādā ṯ-ṯāniya).
Dhu al-Qida
From Arabic ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʕda).
Roxburgh
From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).
Bigby
From the Old Norse personal name Bekki + býr (“settlement, town”).
Drawdy
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Draoda, a rare Connacht name.
Farhan
Borrowed from Arabic فرحان (farḥān, “happy”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.
Hargrove
English surname, from placenames such as Hargrave in Cheshire, Hargreave in Little Neston, or Hartgrove in Dorset. All of these names probably derive from Old English hār (“hoar”) + grǣfe (“grove”).
Jiang
From Mandarin 蔣 /蒋 (Jiǎng). Doublet of Chiong and Chionh.
From Mandarin 江 (Jiāng).
From Mandarin 姜 (Jiāng).
From Mandarin 強 /强 (Jiàng).
From Mandarin 絳 /绛 (Jiàng).
Manley
* As an English surname, from Old English mæne (“common, shared”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to mean + -ley (“lea”).
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective manly (“brave, manly”).
* As an Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Máinle (“descendant of Máinle”); see Malley.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Maonghaile (“descendant of Maonghal”), from maoin (“wealth”) + gal (“valor, fury”).
Murrieta
Borrowed from Spanish Murrieta, itself of Basque origin.
Peden
From Scottish Gaelic Paidin (“little Pat”), diminutive of Pàdraig (“Patrick”).
Stratton
From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Wardlaw
Habitational surname typical of Scotland, from Old English weard (“watchman”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).
Kentucky Colonel
Origin unconfirmed from 1775. As a compound word that was merged from two lexemes the title is a demonym and exonym label that emerged in the early 19th century to refer to the old colonial leaders of Kentucky. In 1896, the state adopted the term as an official referencial title and commission for civilian officers with access to the governor. Kentucky derives from an Iroquoian word meaning "prairie"; compare Mohawk kenhtà:ke (“the meadow”), Seneca gëdá'geh (“at the field”), combined with the title Colonel which meant "head of colony, company or county" as it was originated from the place representative of its territorial leaders and founders as of 1775-1792.
Whitmire
Either an anglicization of the German surname Wittmeyer, or a variant of Whitmore.
Winton
From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Wyman
* As an English surname, from the Old English personal name Wīġmund, composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) + mund (“security, protection”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Weimann. Compare Wiman.
Shepperton
From Old English Scepertūn (“shepherd's town”), equivalent to shepherd + -ton.
Thyestes
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θυέστης (Thuéstēs).
unblamefully
From Middle English unblamfulli, unblamfully, equivalent to unblameful + -ly.
Bagby
From the Old Norse personal name Baggi + býr (“farmstead”); compare Begbie, which shares the same etymology.
unblameful
From Middle English *unblamfulli (suggested by derivative unblamfulli), equivalent to un- + blameful.
Featherstone
From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).
Kozlowski
Borrowed from Polish Kozłowski; from kozioł ("goat").
Staton
*Literally meaning "town on a stony ground." From Old English stan (“stone”) + tūn (“town”).
Tinsley
From the unattested Old English personal name *Tynni + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
xenna-
From Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), for the ninth order of 10³, and the letter x, as the third term in a series running backwards through the alphabet (after zetta- and yotta-). The final a conforms to the final vowel of the SI series from mega- upwards.
McMenamin
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Meanman (“son of Meanma”), a personal name derived from meanma (“mind, spirit, courage”).
Deccan
Borrowed from Hindustani दक्खिन / دکھن (dakkhin) and its variants, from Prakrit 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡 (dakkhiṇa), from Sanskrit दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa, “south”).
Ables
Derivative of Scots Abel (“son or servant of someone called Abel”). Possibly a respelling of German Abels.
Makarov
Borrowed from Russian Макаров (Makarov). A transliteration of the Russian surname Макаров (Makarov).
McKinney
* As a Scottish and Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Cionaodha, Mac Cionaoith.
* Also as an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Coinnigh (“son of Coinneach”), also treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth.
Both senses above are derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ. Sometimes Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie.
Molnar
From Hungarian Molnár; from molnár (“miller”), also found in several Slavic languages. Sometimes Americanized from Dutch Molenaar. Doublet of Miller.
Musselwhite
Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Southern England, from Old English muscle (“mussel”) + wiht (“bend, curve”).
Polonistics
Perhaps from German Polonistik. By surface analysis, Polonia + -ist + -ics or by surface analysis, Polonia + -istics.
Nava
From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.
pyroballogy
A variant of pyrobology, from pyro- (prefix meaning ‘fire, heat’) (from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire; lightning”)) + Ancient Greek βάλλειν (bállein, “to throw”) + -logy (suffix indicating a branch of learning or study of a particular subject) (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā), from λόγος (lógos, “word, speech; reason, reckoning; account, explanation”)). βάλλειν is derived from βᾰ́λλω (bắllō, “to hurl, throw; to strike, touch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to pierce; to throw, to hit by throwing”).
pisteology
From Ancient Greek πίστις (pístis, “faith”) + -ology.
odology
Coined by John Brinckerhof Jackson, from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”) + -logy.
nidology
From nido- (“nest”) + -logy (“study of”).
From Latin nidus + French -logie (“from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía)”).
Scriven
Two possible origins for the surname:
* English occupational surname for a scribe copyist or clerk, from Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), itself from Old French escrivain.
* English habitational surname from the village in North Yorkshire, which is named with Old English scræfen (“hollow place with caves or pits”).
Byblis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βυβλίς (Bublís).
Corbett
From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”), probably a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion.
Schupp
* As a German surname, from the noun Schuppe (“fish scale”).
* Also possibly from Schupp ("raccoon, fur of the raccoon"), itself a borrowing from Russian шуба (šuba, “fur coat”).
Compare Shoop, Shupe, Shupp.
Brookins
A topographic surname for someone who lived by a stream, from a derivative of Old English brōc (“stream, brook”).
Darrington
From the Old English personal name Deornōþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Downey
Various origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”).
* Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney.
* Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.
Gilliland
Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of (saint) Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname McClellan.
Huang
Borrowed from Mandarin 黃／黄 (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow. Doublet of Wong, Huynh, and Hoang.
Krawczyk
From Polish Krawczyk, literally "tailor's son".
McElroy
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ruaidh (“son of the red-haired lad”). See also gillaroo.
McMorris
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Mhuiris (“son of Morris”).
McNeil
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill (“son of Níall”).
Plumley
From Old English plūme (“plum”) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”). Equivalent to plum + -ley (“lea”).
Skewes
Habitational surname from a minor place in Cornwall, from Cornish skaw (“elder bush”).
Zarate
Borrowed from Spanish Zárate, itself from a Basque toponym.
Gienah
From Arabic جَنَاح (janāḥ, “wing”).
encurse
From Middle English *encursen (suggested by encursing), equivalent to en- + curse.
gomere
From gomer "an undesirable hospital patient", with French -e, by analogy to feminine nouns in French, such as cuisinière.
machinatrix
Learned borrowing from Latin māchinātrīx. By surface analysis, machinate + -trix.
semio-
From Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). By surface analysis, semi- (“sign, mark, token”) + -o-.
Ichkeria
Likely ultimately from Kumyk ичгери (içgeri, “inner, internal, interior”), via Russian Ичке́рия (Ičkérija). See it for more.
Thalestris
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θάληστρις (Thálēstris).
Kaifeng
A romanization of the Standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 開封 /开封 (Kāifēng, “Opening Up the Borders”), reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin, named in the late 8th century BC by the Zhuang Duke of Zheng as he settled new territory.
Kandiyohi
From a Dakota [Term?] word meaning "where the buffalo fish come" (kandi’ - the buffalo fish + oh-hi’-yu - v. of hiyu - to come through).
Steuben
At least in Maine and New York, named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution. The name is also of German origin.
Sandusky
From Wyandot saundustee (“water”).
From Polish Sadowski, modified in the United States under the influence of etymology 1.
Ashland
From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.
humba
From Cebuano humba and Tagalog humba, from Hokkien 封肉 (hong-bah, “braised (pork) meat”).
Heckington
From the Old English personal name Heca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Chemung
From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”.
Coos County
The name of the county in New Hampshire is derived from an Algonquian term meaning "small pines".
The name of the county in Oregon is derived from that of the Coos people.
Scillus
From Ancient Greek Σκιλλοῦς (Skilloûs).
Saginaw
From Ojibwe Zaagiinaang (“at-the-outlet”).
Chilton
From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.
Salween
Borrowed from Burmese သံလွင် (samlwang).
aphantasia
From a- (prefix meaning ‘opposite of; without’) + phantasia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, prefix forming words having senses opposite to the stems or words to which the prefix is attached) + φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā, “appearance, look; image; impression, perception”). Φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (Phăntăsĭ́ā) is derived from φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); and φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō, “to make visible, show; to become visible”), from φᾰντός (phăntós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear, reveal; to give light, shine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to be visible, appear; to shine”). The English word was coined by the British neurologist Adam Zeman (born 1957) and his collaborators Michaela Dewar and the Italian neurologist Sergio Della Sala (born 1955) in a 2015 article published in Cortex.
Blandford Forum
From Old English blǣġena (“gudgeon”, gen. pl.) + ford. The addition of Latin forum dates to the 18th century.
Bere Regis
The Bere is a small river, Regis is from Latin regis.
Bago
Borrowed from Burmese ပဲခူး (pai:hku:).
Pathein
Borrowed from Burmese ပုသိမ် (pu.sim).
Monywa
Borrowed from Burmese မုံရွာ (mum-rwa).
chochem
From Yiddish חכם (khokhem), from Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám, “wise, smart”).
talisay
From Spanish talisay or Tagalog talisay from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talisay.
dapdap
Borrowed from Tagalog or Cebuano, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapdap.
adermatoglyphia
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, the alpha privativum, a prefix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached; a-) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”) + -ία (-ía, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); analysable as a- + dermato- + glyph + -a.
Newry
From Irish an iúraigh, the genitive or archaic dative of iúrach (“object made of yew wood”).
Armagh
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-
Proto-Celtic *ardwosder.
Old Irish ard
Old Irish Machae
Old Irish Ard Machae
Middle Irish Ard Macha
Irish Ard Mhachabor.
English Armagh
From Irish Ard Mhacha (literally “height of Macha”).
sacculo-
From Latin sacculus. By surface analysis, saccule + -o-.
arabiki
Borrowed from Japanese 粗挽き (arabiki, “coarsely-ground”).
Gepidae
From Latin Gepidae, from Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 (*gibidōs), from Proto-Germanic *gibidōz (which see for more).
dumsor
From Akan dum (“to extinguish, to quench”) + sɔ (“to turn on, light”).
Muifa
Borrowed from Cantonese 梅花 (mui4 faa1). Named by Macao.
Xia
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 夏 (Xià).
Rouran
Borrowed from Mandarin 柔然 (Róurán), from Rouran.
oyinbo
From Yoruba Òyìnbó, or from Nigerian Pidgin oyinbo.
fedai
From Iranian Persian فدائی (fedâ'i, “someone who risks their life for a cause”), and its source, Arabic فِدَائِيّ (fidāʔiyy). Doublet of fedayee.
Siem Reap
Borrowed from Khmer សៀមរាប (siəm riəp).
spleno-
From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”).
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn)der.
English spleno-
Ayala
Borrowed from Spanish Ayala, from Basque Aiara, after a town in Álvara, Basque Country.
Liu
From several Chinese surnames, including:
* From Mandarin 劉 /刘 (liú). Doublet of Lau and Luu.
* From Cantonese 廖 (liu⁶). Doublet of Liao.
Bautista
Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”). Doublet of Batiste and Batista.
Zuniga
Anglicization of Spanish Zúñiga, from Basque Zuñiga.
Huynh
Borrowed from Vietnamese Huỳnh, from 黃 (“yellow”). Doublet of Huang and Wong.
Meza
From Spanish Meza, a toponymic surname from Old Spanish meza (“plateau, mesa”). Compare Modern Spanish mesa (“table, mesa”).
Choi
* (Chinese surname): From a romanization of Cantonese 蔡 (coi³). Doublet of Tsai and Cai.
* (Korean surname): From a romanization of Korean 최(崔) (Choe). Doublet of Cui and Chui.
Salgado
From Spanish Salgado, from Galician Salgado.
Davila
From Spanish Dávila (“from Ávila”) or from Galician Davila (“from Vila”).
Esparza
Borrowed from Spanish Esparza, a habitational surname from Basque Espartza.
Delarosa
From Spanish de la Rosa. Also a respelling of the Filipino surnames Dela Rosa or dela Rosa.
Esquivel
Borrowed from Spanish Esquivel, Castilianized form of Basque Ezkibel.
Krueger
South German and Jewish surname Krüger, from the noun senses Krug (“jug”) and Krug (“inn, pub”). Compare Krug, Kruger.
Vus
From Ukrainian вус (vus) or Belarusian вус (vus).
Alfaro
Borrowed from Spanish Alfaro, a toponymic surname originating in Alfaro, La Rioja, most commonly used in Latin America.
Cho
From Korean 조(趙) (Jo) and 조(曺) (Jo), or Cantonese 曹 (cou4).
Ngo
Borrowed from Vietnamese Ngô, from Hokkien 吳 /吴 (Ngô͘).
Borrowed from Tagalog Ngo, from Hokkien 吳 /吴 (Ngô͘).
Gorman
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormáin (“descendant of Gormán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gorm (“dark blue; noble”). Compare O'Gorman.
Donahue
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Donnchadh”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown-haired”) + cath (“battle”).