Etymology

Skewes

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Today it means: A surname from Cornish. Full definition →

Cornish skaw
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The story

  1. Cornish · derived fromskaw“elder bush”
  2. English todaySkewes

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cornwall, from Cornish skaw (“elder bush”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.