Grennan

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*granō“awn, beard-hair, hair-tips, mustache”
2. Frankish · derived from*granu
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*granonem“facial hair, mustache”
4. Old French · derived fromgrenon“mustache”
5. English todayGrennan

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French grenon (“mustache”), from Vulgar Latin *granonem (“facial hair, mustache”), from Frankish *granu, from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, beard-hair, hair-tips, mustache”). * As an Irish surname, variant of Greenan.

Words from the same roots