The story
- German · borrowed fromLoder
- Middle English · derived fromlode“to load”
- English todayLoder
Two main origins: * Either an occupational surname for a carter, from an agent derivative of Middle English lode (“to load”), or a topographic surname from Middle English lode (“path, road, watercourse”). * Borrowed from German Loder, an occupational surname for a weaver of woolen cloth, from Loden (“coarse woolen fabric”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishlode all →
lodestonelodes
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.