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goodacre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
goodacre
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Three possible origins: * An English topographic surname for someone who farmed a productive piece of land, from Middle English good (“good”) + aker (“acre, field”). * An English habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Middle English goot (“goat”) + aker (“acre, field”). * An Americanized spelling of the German surname Gutacker, from gut (“good”) + Acker (“field”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Goodacres (plural)

Questions

What does goodacre mean?
A surname.
Where does goodacre come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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