Etymology

Briggs

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

Middle English brigge
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombrigge“bridge”
  2. English todayBriggs

From the genitive or plural form of Middle English brigge (“bridge”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbrigge all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.