Etymology

Knox

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Today it means: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic cnoc
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromcnoc“round hill”
  2. English todayKnox

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”).

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaeliccnoc all →

knock

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