Etymology

Loder

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle English lode ← German Loder
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromLoder
  2. Middle English · derived fromlode“to load”
  3. 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 →

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