Etymology

Stewart

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Today it means: A Scottish surname originating as an occupation. Full definition →

Middle Scots stewart ← Early Scots stewart ← Old English stiġweard
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  1. Old English · derived fromstiġweard
  2. Early Scots · derived fromstewart
  3. Middle Scots · borrowed fromstewart“steward”
  4. English todayStewart

Borrowed from Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstiġweard all →

steward

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.