Etymology

Jolliffe

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Today it means: A surname from Anglo-Norman. Full definition →

Old French joli ← Old Norse jol
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromjol“Yule”
  2. Old French · derived fromjoli
  3. English todayJolliffe

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from jolif, from Old French joli, from Old Norse jol (“Yule”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchjoli all →

Old Norsejol all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.