Etymology

Chisholm

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Today it means: A surname from Old English [in turn from locations]. Full definition →

Old English ċīese
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromċīese“cheese”
  2. English todayChisholm

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċīese all →

Chiswick

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.