Etymology

Harmon

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Proto-West Germanic *hari
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hari“army”
  2. English todayHarmon

* As an English surname, by way of Norman/Anglo-Norman/Middle English/Old French from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Herman. Also Americanized from German variants such as Harmann, Hermann. Compare Harman. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon, from Ó hArgadáin (literally “descendant of Argadán”), from a diminutive of airgead (“silver”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*hari all →

harman

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