Etymology

Eiffel

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

French Eiffel ← German Eiffel, Eifel
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The story

  1. German · derived fromEiffel, Eifel
  2. French · borrowed fromEiffel
  3. English todayEiffel

From French Eiffel, from German Eiffel, Eifel. Family name adopted as a reference to the Eifel mountains.

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