Mayer

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*meh₂ḱ-“long, to raise”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*maketi“to raise”
3. French · derived frommire“physician”
4. Middle English · derived frommire
5. English todayMayer

* As an English surname, variant of Mear, from the noun mere (both senses). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English mire, a borrowing from archaic French mire (“physician”). Compare Myer. * Also as an English name, from the noun mayor. Compare Mayor, Mair. * As a German and Dutch surname, variant of Meyer, Myers. * Also as a Dutch surname, variant of Maijer, from the noun maaier (“mower, reaper”). * As a French Canadian surname, variant of Maille, itself of Breton origin, from the adjective maget (“nourished”), from Proto-Celtic *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

Words from the same roots