Etymology

Marbeck

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English ġemǣre ← Old Norse bekkr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombekkr“brook, creek”
  2. Old English · derived fromġemǣre“border, limit”
  3. English todayMarbeck

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English ġemǣre (“border, limit”) + Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebekkr all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.