Etymology

Braithwaite

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Today it means: A habitational surname from Old Norse. Full definition →

Old Norse breiðr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombreiðr“broad”
  2. English todayBraithwaite

From Old Norse breiðr (“broad”) + þveit (“clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebreiðr all →

Braceby

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.