Etymology

Friedman

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

German Friedmann
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The story

  1. German · derived fromFried“peace”
  2. German · borrowed fromFriedmann
  3. English todayFriedman

Borrowed from German Friedmann, from German Fried (“peace”) + Mann (“man”).

Words from the same roots

GermanFriedmann all →

freedmanFriedmann

GermanFried all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.