Etymology

Melhuish

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English mǣle
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommǣle“variegated, brightly coloured”
  2. English todayMelhuish

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English mǣle (“variegated, brightly coloured”) + hīwisċ (“hide (of land)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.