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Dowthwaite

Dowthwaite proper noun: a surname from Old Norse.

Proper noun

Dowthwaite (plural Dowthwaites)

  1. A surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Dowthwaite

pluralDowthwaites
alternative formDouthat
alternative formDouthett
alternative formDouthit
alternative formDouthitt

Origin of Dowthwaite

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ufi + þveit (“clearing, glade”); the initial d- may come from Old French de (“of”), an element which later became fused into the surname. Compare Outhwaite.

Questions about Dowthwaite

What does Dowthwaite mean?
Dowthwaite means a surname from Old Norse.
What part of speech is Dowthwaite?
Dowthwaite is a proper noun.

Words near Dowthwaite in the dictionary

  1. dowsome
  2. Dowson
  3. Dowsonian
  4. dowst
  5. dowsts
  6. Dowthwaite
  7. Dowthwaites
  8. Dowty
  9. Dowtys
  10. dox
  11. doxa

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