Etymology

Ordway

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

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The story

From the Old English personal name Ordwīġ, which is composed of the elements ord (“point of a spear”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.