Etymology

Adams

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Today it means: A kind of dry fly primarily used for trout. Full definition →

English Adam ← Middle English Adam ← Old English Adam
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Adams · proper noun, noun1

  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔadam-
  2. Hebrewאָדָם
  3. Ancient GreekἈδάμ (Adám)
  4. LatinĀdām
  5. Old EnglishAdam
  6. Middle EnglishAdam
  7. EnglishAdam
  8. English todayAdams

From Adam + -s. (fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.

Adams · proper noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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