Etymology

Chaytor

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Today it means: A surname originating as an occupation. Full definition →

Middle English catour ← Old French acatour
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromacatour
  2. Middle English · derived fromcatour“acater, provisioner”
  3. English todayChaytor

Occupational surname from Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of Old French acatour.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcatour all →

cater

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.