Etymology

Adamson

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Today it means: A surname originating as a patronymic. Full definition →

Middle English sone ← Old English sunu ← Proto-West Germanic *sunu
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The story

  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔadam-
  2. Hebrewאָדָם
  3. Ancient GreekἈδάμ (Adám)
  4. LatinĀdām
  5. Old EnglishAdam
  6. Middle EnglishAdam
  7. EnglishAdam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sew-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sewH-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*suHnús
  11. Proto-Germanic*sunuz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*sunu
  13. Old Englishsunu
  14. Middle Englishsone
  15. English todayAdamson

From Adam + -son.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.