Etymology

Shedd

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

Middle English schade
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The story

  1. Middle English · derived fromschade“shade, shadow; shad”
  2. English todayShedd

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishschade all →

shade

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.