The story
- French · derived fromde“of”
- English todayDelamere
* The placename senses are from French de (“of”) la (“the”) mer (“sea”). * As an English and French surname, prefixed variant of Mear, itself related to the noun mere (both senses, meaning "pond" and "boundary"), a variant of Mayer, and a variant of Lemer. Compare Delamare, de la Mare.
Words from the same roots
Frenchde all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.