Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outhwaite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: out-h-waite
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

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”). Compare Dowthwaite.

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Outhwaites (plural)

Questions

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

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