Etymology

Courtney

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

Latin Curtenus
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  1. Latin · derived fromCurtenus
  2. English todayCourtney

Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).

Words from the same roots

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Courtenay

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