The story
- Old Norse · derived fromapaldr“apple tree”
- English todayApplewhite
Habitational surname from the village of Applethwaite, in the Lake District, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + þveit (“clearing”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norseapaldr all →
Applegarth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.