Posts tagged "Middle English"

Welsh

Welsh Coat of ArmsEtymology Welsh may be defined as the history of a word, revealed through the analysis of its parts, and by tracing its roots to past times and even to foreign languages. Such a study is of particular interest when applied to a name.The etymological Read more…


Woods

Woods Coat of ArmsThe surname Woods is of English and Scottish origin.The name signifies dweller at the wood.It was in the overwhelming majority of cases a topographical name for someone who lived by or in a wood.It could also be an occupational name for a woodcutter Read more…


Woods

Woods Coat of ArmsThe surname Woods is of English and Scottish origin.The name signifies dweller at the wood.It was in the overwhelming majority of cases a topographical name for someone who lived by or in a wood.It could also be an occupational name for a woodcutter Read more…


Wooding

Wooding Coat of ArmsThe surname Wooding is of English and Scottish origin.The name signifies dweller at the wood.It was in the overwhelming majority of cases a topographical name for someone who lived by or in a wood.It could also be an occupational name for a woodcutte Read more…


Woode

Woode Coat of ArmsThe surname Woode is of English and Scottish origin.The name signifies dweller at the wood.It was in the overwhelming majority of cases a topographical name for someone who lived by or in a wood.It could also be an occupational name for a woodcutter Read more…


Wooder

Wooder Coat of ArmsThe surname Wooder is of English and Scottish origin.The name signifies dweller at the wood.It was in the overwhelming majority of cases a topographical name for someone who lived by or in a wood.It could also be an occupational name for a woodcutter Read more…


Wheeler

Wheeler Coat of ArmsThe surname Wheeler is of English origin.It was an occupational name for a maker of wheels ( for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes ).The surname is derived from the Middle English ‘whele’, meaning wheel; the Ol Read more…


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