Etymology

Harbach

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle High German Horbach ← Old French herberge
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromherberge“shelter, inn”
  2. Middle High German · derived fromHorbach
  3. English todayHarbach

* As a south German surname, from several places in Germany, such as Harbach in Landkreis Altenkirchen, from Middle High German Horbach. * As an English surname, variant of Harbage, Herbage, occupational surname from Old French herberge (“shelter, inn”).

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