The story
- Latin · derived fromplebs
- Breton · derived fromplou“parish”
- English todayPlunkett
From the Norman habitational surname, from the village of Pleugueneuc, in Brittany, said to be from Breton plou (“parish”) (from Latin plebs) + the personal name Guenec, formed from gwenn (“white”). As an Irish surname, it has been Gaelicized in Pluincéid.
Words from the same roots
Latinplebs all →
plebsplebeplebicolistplebification
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.