Etymology

Dorward

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

Old English duru
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromduru“door”
  2. English todayDorward

Scottish occupational surname for a doorkeeper, from Old English duru (“door”) + weard (“guard”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishduru all →

door

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.