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dowthwaite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dowth-waite
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Dowthwaites (plural) Douthat (alternative) Douthett (alternative) Douthit (alternative) Douthitt (alternative)

Questions

What does dowthwaite mean?
A surname from Old Norse.
Where does dowthwaite come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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