Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English. Full definition →

Middle English bakhous ← Old English bæchūs
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  1. Old English · inherited frombæchūs
  2. Middle English · inherited frombakhous“bakery”
  3. English todayBackus

Inherited from Middle English bakhous (“bakery”), from Old English bæchūs.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbæchūs all →

backhousebakehouse

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.